different between taan vs faan

English

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (t?n)/Urdu ????.

Noun

taan (plural taans)

1. (music) A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 147:

     Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take a taan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.

Anagrams

• AANT, ANTA, Anat, Nata, Tana, anat., anta, naat, tana

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?n/

Noun

taan f (uncountable)

1. tan, liquid containing tannic acid used for tanning.

Derived terms

• tanen
• tanig

Finnish

Noun

taan

1. Genitive singular form of taka.

Anagrams

• -ntaa, nata

Noone

Noun

taan (plural táán)

1. ash

References

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

Tetum

Noun

taan

1. layer
2. fold

Volapük

Etymology

From ta +? -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.?an/

Noun

taan (nominative plural taans)

1. opponent, antagonist

Inflection

Yucatec Maya

Noun

táan

1. (anatomy) chest

English

Alternative forms

• faaan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From sarcastic intonation?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæn/
• Rhymes: -æn
• Homophones: fan, fanne

Noun

faan (plural faans)

1. (dated, fandom slang, often derogatory) A fan who is more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom.

Derived terms

• faanish
• faanishness
• faan fiction

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “faan”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 55

Anagrams

• Afan, fana