different between chan vs chay

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

Clipping of channel.

Noun

chan (plural chans)

1. (Internet, informal) An IRC channel.
   • 1997, "Dominic Donegan", Is there a #nethack chan on IRC? (on newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.nethack)

     I tried, but I never get anyone in the chan! I don't know how/where to advertise... maybe we should set up a meeting time or something?

   • 1999, "Jonny Durango", IMPORTANT NEWS FOR AHM IRC CHAN!!! (on newsgroup alt.hackers.malicious)

     If you don't have your password set within a week I'll remove you from the userlist and I'll add you again next time I see you in the chan and make sure you set a pass.

Derived terms

• chanop

Etymology 2

From 4chan, a popular imageboard; ultimately from channel.

Noun

chan (plural chans)

1. (Internet, informal) An imageboard.

Anagrams

• Cahn

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French champ.

Noun

chan

1. free space; open land

Ch'orti'

Noun

chan

1. snake

Galician

Alternative forms

• chá, chao

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese chão, from Latin pl?num. Compare Portuguese chão, Spanish llano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??a?/

Noun

chan m (plural chans)

1. floor

   Synonym: solo

2. ground

   Synonym: solo

3. (geography) plateau

Adjective

chan m (feminine singular chá, masculine plural chans, feminine plural chás)

1. level; flat
2. plain

Derived terms

• Chá
• Chan
• Chao
• Chaodarcas
• Chaos

Related terms

• chaira
• chaela
• chancela
• chanzo
• chelo
• Chelo
• Chenlo

References

• “chao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “chão” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “chan” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “chan” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chan” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish nocon, nochon, from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con.

Pronunciation

• (before a, o, u, fha, fho, fhu) IPA^(key): [xan??]
• (before e, i, fhe, fhi) IPA^(key): [xan?]

Particle

chan

1. (Ulster) not

Usage notes

Used only in some varieties of Ulster Irish. Used only before a vowel sound.

Synonyms

• ní (used in Munster Irish, Connacht Irish, and some varieties of Ulster Irish)

Related terms

• cha (used before a consonant)
• char (used with the past tense)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xan??]

Verb

chan

1. past analytic of can

Related terms

• chanas (1st person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
• chanais (2d person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
• chanamar (1st person pl. synthetic)
• chanabhar (2d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
• chanadar (3d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
• canadh (autonomous)

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “chan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

chan

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Ladino

Noun

chan m (Latin spelling)

1. bell

Mandarin

Romanization

chan

1. Nonstandard spelling of ch?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of chán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ch?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of chàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Min Nan

Nafaanra

Noun

chan

1. vagina

References

• Nafaanra Dictionary

Old Occitan

Etymology

Deverbal of chantar.

Noun

chan m (oblique plural chans, nominative singular chans, nominative plural chan)

1. song

Related terms

• chantador
• chantar
• chanso
• chansoneta
• enchantar
• enchantamen

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *cha?n-. Compare Classical Nahuatl ch?ntli (“home”)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /t??a?/

Relational

-chan

1. at or to one's home or house

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From Turkish kan (“prince, lord”)/kh?n, contraction of khaqan (“sovereign, ruler”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xan/

Noun

chan m pers

1. khan (ruler)

Declension

Further reading

• chan in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• chan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English chan.

Noun

chan m (plural chans)

1. (Internet) chan, imageboard

Related terms

• channer

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) chaun
• (Sursilvan) tgaun
• (Sutsilvan) tgàn
• (Surmiran) tgang

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

Noun

chan m (plural chans)

1. (Vallader) (male) dog

Coordinate terms

• (sex): chagna

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish nocon, nochon, from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xan?]

Particle

chan

1. not

Usage notes

• Used with the dependent form of a verb. With the copula, the verb may be suppressed.
• This is the form used before a vowel, including before words like fhaca since lenitied /f/ is silent. Otherwise use cha.
• In older Gaelic this is spelled cha'n.

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “cha, cha’n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN, page 81

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl chian, obsolete spelling of chiyan (“chia”). This is the same source as chía, which lost the final n in Mexican dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??an/, [?t??ãn]

Noun

chan m (plural chanes)

1. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) Alternative form of chía

Further reading

• “chan” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

References

• Ayerca, Ricardo & Coates, Wayne (2005: Chia: Rediscovering a Forgotten Crop of the Aztecs, p. 64

Tzeltal

Noun

chan

1. snake

Tzotzil

Verb

chan

1. (transitive) to learn

References

• Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [t??a?n??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [t??a????]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ca????]

Verb

chan

1. to pour sauce, soup or broth over solid food

Welsh

Noun

chan

1. Aspirate mutation of can.

Mutation

English

Etymology 1

Noun

chay (plural chays)

1. (archaic, colloquial) A chaise (horse-drawn carriage).

Etymology 2

From Pitman jay, which it is related to graphically, and the sound it represents.

Noun

chay (plural chays)

1. The letter ?/?, which stands for the ch sound /t?/, in Pitman shorthand.

Anagrams

• achy

Ch'orti'

Noun

chay

1. fish

References

• Hull, Kerry (2005) An Abbreviated Dictionary of Ch'orti' Maya?^[1]

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ???? (?ây).

Noun

chay m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ?????)

1. tea

Manx

Noun

chay f

1. Lenited form of kay.

Mutation

Quechua

Determiner

chay

1. (medial) that

See also

• kay
• haqay

Tzeltal

Noun

chay

1. fish

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (“vegetarian”, SV: trai).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [t??aj??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [t??aj??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ca(?)j??]

Noun

chay • (????)

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Adjective

chay • (????)

1. vegan

Usage notes

• Chay could be broadly translated as either "vegan" or "vegetarian" when it comes to food and cuisine, although chay people (some of whom are actual vegan Buddhists) do tend to consciously avoid fat-based cooking oil and n??c m?m (“fish sauce”), so the term corresponds better to "vegan".

Adverb

chay • (????)

1. (colloquial) in an ordinary, even lackluster, way; without special aids or equipment