چان
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Gulf Arabic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- جان (jān /čān/)
Etymology
[edit]From Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]چان • (čān)
- (past events only) hence, then, afterward, after that (+imperfect verb)
- رحت المحاضرة متأخر چان الدكتورة تزفني
- I went to the lecture late and hence the professor scolded me
- used to provide a suggestion pertaining to something that hapened in the past (+perfect verb), roughly: why didn't, could have (had), should have (had)
- -شسويتي بالامتحان؟
-زفّت
-چان ييتي درستي معانا بالمكتبة- -What (how) did you do in the test?
-I screwed up
-Why didn't you come study with us in the library
- -What (how) did you do in the test?
Iraqi Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]چان (čān)
- (past events only) hence, then, afterward, after that (+imperfect verb)
- used to provide a suggestion pertaining to something that hapened in the past (+perfect verb), roughly: why didn't, could have (had), should have (had)
Verb
[edit]چان (čān) I (non-past يصير (yṣīr))
- to be
Khalaj
[edit]Noun
[edit]چان (çân) (definite accusative چانؽ, plural چانلار)
Declension
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- Gulf Arabic terms inherited from Arabic
- Gulf Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- Gulf Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gulf Arabic lemmas
- Gulf Arabic adverbs
- Gulf Arabic terms with usage examples
- Iraqi Arabic terms inherited from Arabic
- Iraqi Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- Iraqi Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Iraqi Arabic lemmas
- Iraqi Arabic adverbs
- Iraqi Arabic verbs
- Iraqi Arabic form-I verbs
- Khalaj lemmas
- Khalaj nouns
- Khalaj terms in Arabic script