katan

Basque

Noun

katan

1. inessive indefinite of ka

Czech

Etymology

From kat (“executioner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatan]

Noun

katan m anim (female equivalent katanka)

1. executioner's assistant

Declension

Declension of katan (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	katan	katani, katané
genitive	katana	katanů
dative	katanovi, katanu	katanům
accusative	katana	katany
vocative	katane	katani, katané
locative	katanovi, katanu	katanech
instrumental	katanem	katany

Further reading

• “katan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “katan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “katan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Finnish

Verb

katan

1. first-person singular present indicative of kattaa

Anagrams

• ankat, kanat, kanta, takan, tanka

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatan]
• Hyphenation: ka‧tan

Etymology 1

Verb

katan

1. alternative form of khitan

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

katan (plural katan-katan)

1. cut: an opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound; specifically from sharp objects

Further reading

• “katan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

katan

1. Rōmaji transcription of かたん

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• catan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay khatan (“circumcision”), from Arabic خَتْن (ḵatn, “circumcision”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkatan/ [ˈkaː.t̪ɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -atan
• Syllabification: ka‧tan

Adjective

katan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. circumcised

   Synonym: tuli

Further reading

• “katan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 332

Anagrams

• antak, kanta