Zan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zan"

English

Etymology 1

Clippings.

Proper noun

Zan

1. A diminutive of the female given names Susan, Susanne, Suzanne, or Susanna.
   • 1984, Lyn Ducoty, A Pocketful of Dreams, Toronto: Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 161:

     “ […] Scott, this is Zan Adams.” […]
     “Her name's Suzanne,” Jon corrected.
     “Hello, Scott. You can call me Zan or Suzanne . . . whichever you prefer.”

   • 2005, Joni B. Cole, Rebecca Joffrey, B. K. Rakhra, editors, This Day in the Life: Diaries from Women Across America, New York, NY: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 306:

     6:00 a.m. My husband, Bruce, is perky, ready to start his, er, our vacation. While we wake up and get ready to head out of the Comfort Inn, we're watching that horrible HBO documentary […]
     Susan “Zan” Meigs, 40, Austin, Texas; English instructor

Etymology 2

From Georgian ზანური (zanuri).

Proper noun

Zan

1. A branch of the Kartvelian languages constituted by the Mingrelian and Laz languages.

Anagrams

• ANZ, AZN, azn

Albanian

Proper noun

Zan m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Zan

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Zan	Zani
accusative		Zanin
dat./abl.	Zani	Zanit

References

• Dražić, Marina, Antić, Ivana, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена [Catalogue of the most common Albanian names and surnames]‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 28