machan
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hindi मचान (macān, “platform”).
Noun
machan (plural machans)
- A kind of safety platform in a tree, used when hunting large animals or to escape a flood; found most commonly in Indian jungles.
Anagrams
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German machen, from Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.
Verb
machan
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
- “machan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Quechua
Verb
machan
- third-person singular present indicative of machay
Spanish
Verb
machan
- third-person plural present indicative of machar