Etymology

chan

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Cantonese 陳 /陈
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chan · noun1

Clipping of channel.

chan · noun2

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

chan · noun3

From the Japanese familiar suffix ちゃん (-chan).

Chan · proper noun4

  1. Cantonese · borrowed from陳 /陈
  2. English todayChan

Borrowed from Cantonese 陳 /陈 (can⁴).

Chan · proper noun5

  1. Hokkien · borrowed from曾
  2. English todayChan

Borrowed from Hokkien 曾 (Chan).

Chan · proper noun6

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from詹
  2. English todayChan

From the Wade–Giles romanization Chan¹ of Mandarin 詹 (Zhān).

Chan · noun7

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰyeh₂-
  3. Sanskritध्यान (dhyāna)
  4. Mandarin禪那 /禅那clip.
  5. Mandarin禪 /禅translit.
  6. English todayChan

Borrowed from the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 禪 /禅 (Chán), a development and clipping of Middle Chinese 禪那 (MC dzyen na), a transcription of Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, literally “meditation”). Doublet of dhyana, jhana, Sen, and Zen.

Chan · proper noun8

  1. Khmer · derived fromចន្ទ
  2. English todayChan

From Khmer ចន្ទ (can).

Chan · proper noun9

  1. mni · borrowed fromꯆꯥꯟ
  2. mni · borrowed fromꯆꯥꯟ
  3. English todayChan

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯆꯥꯟ (cān).

Words from the same roots

Mandarin詹 all →

Zhan

Sanskritध्यान all →

zendhyana

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