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じゃん

jan

Pronunciation: [d͡ʑaŋ̍]

Definition

Noun

  1. Dugong (sp. Dugong dugon)
  2. Mermaid

Etymology

Cognate with Kunigami (Oku) だん dan; Okinawa, Miyako (Ikema) and Tarama じゃん jan; Okinawa (Kudaka, Shuri, Uruma), Miyako (Hisamatsu) and Yaeyama (Hateruma, Hatoma, Kuroshima, Miyara, Kabira) ざん zan; Yaeyama (Aragusuku) ざぬ zanu; Yaeyama (Iriomote: Komi) and Yonaguni (Sonai) ざの zano; and Yonaguni (Sonai) ざーの zaano "dugong; mermaid". Possibly cognate with standard Japanese ぞう【象】 zou "elephant" (< Middle Chinese *zjangX).

Historical attestations

  • Kenkyusha's New School Dictionary: (English-Japanese) (1890), published by Kenkyusha, records the form ざんのいを zan no iwo in the entry "Dugong 名《動》儒艮(じゅごん)、ざんのいを。【マライ語】".

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Kanaじゃん
Romanizationjan
Pronunciation (IPA)[d͡ʑaŋ̍]

意味:じゅごん・ジュゴン【儒艮・儒良】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, March 29). じゃん : jan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/5737/jan/.