hayan

See also: Hayan

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From ha- (“interrogative stem”) +‎ yan (“side”). ha- is inherited from Proto-Turkic *ka-. For similar formations, see hara (“where”) and havaxt (“when”), from ara (“space”) and vaxt (“time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɑjɑn]

Adverb

Other scripts

Cyrillic		һајан
Abjad		هایان

hayan

1. (interrogative) which side?

   Synonym: hansı tərəf

2. (interrogative) where?

   Synonyms: hara, hanı

   Nənə, hayanda qaldın? ― Grandmother, where have you remained?

3. (interrogative) which direction?

   Synonyms: hansı tərəf, hansı səmt

Derived terms

• hayana
• hayanda
• hayandan

See also

Azerbaijani interrogative pro-forms

• what: nə, (dialectal) nəmənə
• who: kim
• which: hansı
• which (in a numbered series): neçənci
• who (by occupation): nəçi
• who (by origin): haralı
• where (which place): hara, hayan, (colloquial) hanı, (dialectal) həncəri
• where (at which place): harada, hayanda
• whither (to which place): hara, haraya, hayana
• whence (from which place): haradan, hayandan
• when: nə vaxt, nə zaman, haçan, (colloquial) havaxt
• why: niyə, nə üçün, neyçün
• how: necə, nətər, nə təhər, (archaic) nə tövr, nə cür, (dialectal) həncəri
• how much: nə qədər
• how many: neçə

Further reading

• “hayan” in Obastan.com.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʝan/ [ˈa.ʝãn]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʝan/ [ˈa.ʝãn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈaʃan/ [ˈa.ʃãn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʒan/ [ˈa.ʒãn]

• Rhymes: -aʝan
• Syllabification: ha‧yan

Verb

hayan

1. inflection of haber:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• haiyan — obsolete
• hayian — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• ayan

Etymology

The latter half of the word is possibly iyan. See also niyan, ganiyan/ganyan, diyan, heto, hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun, and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /haˈjan/ [hɐˈjan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ha‧yan

Interjection

hayán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜌᜈ᜔)

1. there! there it is! (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)

   Synonym: iyan

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)	Locative (nasa)	Existential	Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker*	ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari**	nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari†	dini/dine	nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari	ere/eri, here/heri, ayri	ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	nandito, narito, naito**	heto, eto, ayto†	ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener	iyan, yaan	niyan	diyan/diyaan	nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡	hayan, ayan	ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote	iyon, yoon, yaon†	niyon, noon, niyaon†	doon	nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡	hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun	ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.

Anagrams

• hanya, hanay