taan

From Hindi तान (tān)/Urdu تان (tān).

taan (plural taans)

1. (music) A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 147:

     Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take a taan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.

• naat, anta, Nata, NAAT, AANT, anat., ANTA, Anat, Tana, tana

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔan/ [ˈta.ʔan̪]
• Hyphenation: ta‧an

táan (Basahan spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔)

1. bait; decoy

   Synonym: paon

Borrowed from Middle French tan, from Old French tan, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”).

• IPA^(key): /taːn/

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taan f (uncountable)

1. tan, liquid containing tannic acid used for tanning

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “taan”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

taan

1. genitive singular of taka

• -ntaa, nata

taan (plural táán)

1. ash

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

taan

1. to pierce, to penetrate, to make an opening

• 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back; to keep in reserve”). Possible doublet of tahan.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔan/ [ˈt̪aː.ʔɐn̪], /taˈʔan/ [t̪ɐˈʔan̪]
• Rhymes: -aʔan, -an
• Syllabification: ta‧an

taan or taán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔)

1. reserve (for future use)

   Synonyms: laan, reserba

2. act of reserving (for future use)

   Synonyms: pagtataan, paglalaan, pagrereserba

• gahin

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan, *taqən, from Proto-Austronesian *taqan (“to set a trap; to set a snare”). Compare Cebuano taon and Malay tahan.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈʔan/ [t̪ɐˈʔan̪], /ˈtaʔan/ [ˈt̪aː.ʔɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -an, -aʔan
• Syllabification: ta‧an

taán or taan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔) (fishing)

1. a type of fish trap made of a barricade of stones and split bamboo (for catching fish in coral reefs)
2. long lines for inland water fishing

   Synonym: kitang

3. act of setting up such a fish trap

   Synonym: pagtataan

• “taan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taqan₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taqan₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• anta

taan

1. layer
2. fold

From ta +‎ -an.

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˀan/

taan (nominative plural taans)

1. opponent, antagonist

táan

1. (anatomy) chest