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falan

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See also: falán

Asturian

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Verb

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falan

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of falar

Galician

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Verb

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falan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of falar

Manchu

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Romanization

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falan

  1. Romanization of ᡶᠠᠯᠠᠨ

Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فلان (falan), from Arabic فُلَان (fulān).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faˈɫan/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧lan

Adjective

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falan

  1. the "you-know-" part in you-know-who or you-know-what
    Falan tarihte, falan yerde, falan kişi ile gezerken sizi gördüm.
    You-know-when, I saw you at you-know-where, while I was walking with you-know-who.

Noun

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falan (definite accusative falanı, plural falanlar)

  1. or something, or anything
    Bizi öldürmeye falan mı çalışıyorsun?
    Are you trying to kill us or something?
    Dalga geçiyor falan değilim.
    It's not like I'm making fun of it or anything
  2. and whatnot, etc.
    Atlet falan aldım.
    I bought tank tops and whatnot.

Pronoun

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falan

  1. you-know-what
  2. you-know-who
    Bana "falan geldi, falan gitti" diye anlatmaya başladı.
    So he started recounting me like "you-know-who came, and you-know-who went".

Derived terms

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