different between sapan vs japan

English

Alternative forms

• sapann

Etymology

From Malay sepang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??pæn/

Noun

sapan (usually uncountable, plural sapans)

1. A wood producing a red dye, usually species Caesalpinia sappan.

Synonyms

• sapan wood, sapanwood; brezel wood, brazilwood

Translations

Anagrams

• APAns, NASPA, apans, napas, paans, pasan

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sa(r)pan. Cognate with Turkish and Crimean Tatar saban, Bashkir ????? (haban), Chuvash ?????? (surban), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??p?n/
• Hyphenation: sa?pan

Noun

sapan (definite accusative sapan?, plural sapanlar)

1. plough

   Synonym: kotan

Declension

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa?pan

Noun

sapan

1. sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
2. the red dye obtained from this plant

Portuguese

Noun

sapan m (plural sapans)

1. Alternative form of sapão

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (“slingshot; strop”), derived from ?????? (sapmak, “to swerve, deviate, go astray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s??p?n]
• Hyphenation: sa?pan

Noun

sapan (definite accusative sapan?, plural sapanlar)

1. slingshot

Declension

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “?????”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1150

English

Etymology

From Japan, due to this varnishing process being an imitation of East Asian processes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???pæn/
• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

japan (countable and uncountable, plural japans)

1. A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
2. Lacquerware.

Verb

japan (third-person singular simple present japans, present participle japanning, simple past and past participle japanned)

1. (transitive) To varnish with japan.

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

Japan +? -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja?p??n/

Noun

japan c

1. A person from Japan.

Declension

Related terms

• japanska