adan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "adan"

Balinese

Balinese register set
alus: wasta
media: adan
kasar: adan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adan/

Noun

adan (Balinese script ᬳᬤᬦ᭄) (media, kasar)

1. name

   Nyén adanné?

   What is his/her name?

Esperanto

Adjective

adan

1. accusative singular of ada

Indonesian

Noun

adan (plural adan-adan)

1. azan
2. Eden

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

adan f pl

1. plural of ad (“hat”)

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adan/

Noun

adan m (plural idanen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰⵏ)

1. intestine, bowel

   Synonym: lemsaren

   Idanen inu teqqsen. ― My intestines are hurting.

Declension

Inflection of adan

	singular	plural
free state	adan	idanen
annexed state	wadan	idanen

Derived terms

• (Bushir, Zerqet) adan n takka (“earthworm”)

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎, retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎, Paris, France: HAL

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ada or *adan.

Noun

adan m (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰⵏ)

1. intestine, gut

   Synonym: bururu

Inflection

Inflection of adan

	singular	plural
free state	adan	—
annexed state	wadan	—

Derived terms

• adan n tmurt (“worm”)

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognate with Itsekiri adán, Nupe èdán, Olukumi adan, Ayere àdã, Ifè àdán, Arigidi ada, possibly cognate with Igala ìdọ́, Urhobo adján, Idoma ùdọ́.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.dã́/

Noun

àdán

1. bat, usually (in particular) the straw-colored fruit bat

   onílé etídò níí gbọ́ ìrànrán àdán ― The owner of the riverside house is the one who hears the restlessness of the bat (Yoruba incantation)

Related terms

(specific species of small bat)

• òòdẹ̀, ọ̀dị̀dẹ̀, òòbẹ̀
• òòṣẹ̀, òṣìṣẹ̀
• alásẹ̀ẹ́