You can make 5 words from gan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of gan
gan agn gna nga ang nag
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Definitions and meaning of gan
gan
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡæn/
Rhymes: -æn
Etymology 1
Perhaps connected with Middle Englishgane, or possibly from Welshgeneu, Cornishganau(“mouth”).
Alternative forms
ganns, gans
Noun
gan (uncountable)
(Can we verify(+) this sense?)(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Mouth.
Etymology 2
Verb
gan
(archaic)simple past of gin
Etymology 3
Probably a variant of gang, from Middle Englishgangen, from Old Englishgangan(“to step; walk; go”).
Alternative forms
gang
Verb
gan (third-person singular simple presentgans, present participlegannin, simple pastwentorgan, past participlegone)
(Northumbria) To go.
References
Further reading
Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3]
A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [4]
Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Anagrams
AGN, ANG, GNA, NGA, nag
Antillean Creole
Etymology
From Frenchgant.
Noun
gan
glove
Bambara
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ɡã˦]
Verb
gan
to jump
Etymology 2
Adjective
gan
hot
Verb
gan
(transitive) to heat up
References
2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Dharug
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ŋan/
Noun
gan
reptile
(specifically) goanna
References
Jakelin Troy (1993) The Sydney Language, Canberra, →ISBN, page 53
Dutch Low Saxon
Verb
gan
Alternative spelling of gaon
Garo
Etymology
Borrowed from Bengaliগান(gan).
Noun
gan
song
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irishcen(“besides; without”), from Proto-Celtic*kina(“on this side of”); compare Middle Welsham-gen(“otherwise”), Bretonken(“otherwise”).
gan (plus nominative, triggers no mutation in specific references but lenition in general references)
without
not (in conjunction with a verbal noun)
Usage notes
In standard written Irish, triggers lenition (except of d, s, t) of unmodified nouns, e.g. gan phingin(“without a penny”). Does not trigger lenition of modified nouns, e.g. gan pingin ina phóca(“without a penny in his pocket”). In the meaning ‘not’, does not trigger lenition of either a verbal noun or on the direct object of the verbal noun, e.g. gan ceannach(“not to buy”), gan pingin a shaothrú(“not to earn a penny”).
Unlike most prepositions, gan takes the nominative case of nouns, as shown by the lack of mutation of consonant-initial masculine singular nouns after the definite article, for example gan an plúr(“without the flour”), and the presence of t-prothesis of vowel-initial masculine singular nouns after the article, for example gan an t-airgead(“without the money”).
Unlike most prepositions, gan does not form prepositional pronouns, but is instead followed by the disjunctive form of a personal pronoun, for example gan mé(“without me”), gan sinn(“without us”), gan é(“without him”).
Derived terms
Further reading
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “gan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “gan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
Japanese
Romanization
gan
Rōmaji transcription of がん
Rōmaji transcription of ガン
Jawe
Noun
gan
tattoo
References
André-Georges Haudricourt et Françoise Ozanne-Rivière, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : pije - fwâi - nemi - jawe, Lacito - Documents, Asie-Austronésie 4, SELAF no. 212, Peeters, 1982
Latvian
Conjunction
gan
both, and
Usage notes
Used in pairs: gan jauna, gan skaista "both young and beautiful"
Mandarin
Romanization
gan
Nonstandard spelling of gān.
Nonstandard spelling of gǎn.
Nonstandard spelling of gàn.
Usage notes
Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishġeġn.
Preposition
gan
Alternative form of gain(“against”)
Etymology 2
From Old Englishgān.
Verb
gan
(Early Middle English, Northern)Alternative form of gon(“to go”)
Etymology 3
From Old Englishgān, ġegān.
Verb
gan
Alternative form of gon(“gone”)
Northern Kurdish
Verb
gan (present stem-gê-)
to have sexual intercourse with somebody, to fuck somebody
Noun
gan?
having sex, fucking
Nupe
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡã̄/
Verb
gan
to exceed; to surpass
Èmì mi li gan èmì u. ― My house is cleaner than her house.
U ge gan kpáátá. ― It's the best. (literally, “It is good surpassing all”)
Gànsìkiya ligwa gankò. ― The truth washes the hands more than soap.
Usage notes
Used to construct the comparative and superlative.
Derived terms
gangan(“to be too much”)
ganganyí(“very much”)
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*gān.
Verb
gān
to go
Conjugation
Derived terms
anagān
antgān
bigān
fargān
Descendants
Middle Dutch: gâen
Dutch: gaan
Afrikaans: gaan
Javindo: ha, haat
Jersey Dutch: xân, xâne
Petjo: gaan, haan
Limburgish: gaon
Further reading
“gān”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*gān, from Proto-Germanic*gāną, from Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeh₁-(“to leave”). The verb was defective in Germanic and may only have existed in the present tense.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡɑːn/
Verb
gān
to go
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 21, verse 3
late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
to walk
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:66
to enter
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 24:38-39
Usage notes
The expected present participle, gānde, is very rare. Instead gangende is almost always used, from the synonym gangan: Līf nis būtan gangendu sċadu ("Life is but a walking shadow").
Conjugation
Synonyms
gangan
Derived terms
Related terms
gang
Descendants
Middle English: gon, gan, ga; goo, goon, go
English: go
Geordie English: gan
Middle Scots: go, goe, gone
Scots: gan, gae, ga, gang
Yola: goe, gow, go; goeth
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*gān.
Verb
gān
to go
Conjugation
Descendants
Saterland Frisian: geen(simple past, past participle of gunge)
马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2014) “gan”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader][5], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Science Literature Press), →ISBN, page 109
Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “gan”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[6], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 104
Scots
Alternative forms
gae, ga, gang
Etymology
From Northern Middle Englishgan, from Old Englishgān(“to go”). Past tense supplied by Old Englishwenden(“to wend”).
Verb
gan (third-person singular simple presentgans, present participlegan, simple pastwentorwett, past participlebeen)
to go
Scottish Gaelic
Pronoun
gan
them (direct object)
A bheil sibh gan creidsinn? ― Do you believe them?
Usage notes
Before words beginning with b, f, m or p gam is used instead.
Related terms
Sumerian
Romanization
gan
Romanization of 𒃶(gan)
Ternate
Etymology
From older gani.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈɡan]
Noun
gan
Alternative form of gani(“louse”)
References
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From Englishgun.
Noun
gan
gun
Turkmen
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic*kiān(“blood”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡaːn/
Noun
gan (definite accusativegany, pluralganlar)
blood
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
“gan” in Enedilim.com
“gan” in Webonary.org
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic*t-kaːn, from Old Chinese肝 (OC*s.kˤa[r]) (SV: can). Cognate with Chut [Rục] təkaːn¹ ("bold").
Displaced native lòm, now only found in the compounds đỏ lòm and chua lòm.