talán

See also: talan and -talan

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from találom (“I think, I believe”, literally “I find it [to be in some way]”), the first-person present tense form of the verb talál (“to find”).[1] Compare hiszen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒlaːn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ta‧lán
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Adverb

talán

  1. maybe, perhaps
    Synonyms: esetleg, tán

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)

Further reading

  • talán in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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