different between tawn vs taan

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of tan, influenced by tawny.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?n/
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /t?n/
• Homophone: torn (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

tawn (third-person singular simple present tawns, present participle tawning, simple past and past participle tawned)

1. (transitive) To tan, make tawny.

Noun

tawn (plural tawns)

1. (rare) A tan.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 5:

     In the complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn, but slightly bleached withal; HE doubtless has tarried whole weeks ashore.

Etymology 2

From town.

Proper noun

tawn

1. (Bermuda, colloquial, uncountable) Hamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).

Holonyms

• Bermy, de rock

Noun

tawn (plural tawns)

1. (Bermuda, countable) Pronunciation spelling of town.

Anagrams

• Want, wa'n't, wan't, want

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tau?n/

Etymology 1

Verb

tawn

1. first-person plural present/future and imperative of tewi

Etymology 2

Verb

tawn

1. first-person singular counterfactual conditional of bod (used after pe (“if”), which can also be omitted)

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