cian

cian

1. day

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [siˈan]

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cian m (uncountable)

1. cyan

From Persian جهان (“world”).

cian

1. universe, the world

   Synonym: dünya

• Birinci Cian cenki
• Ekinci Cian cenki

• “cian”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sian]
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• Rhymes: -ian
• Hyphenation: ci‧an

cian

1. accusative singular of cia

Old Irish cían, from Proto-Celtic *kēnos.

• IPA^(key): /ciənˠ/

cian f (genitive singular céine, nominative plural cianta)

1. Length of time, age.
2. Distance, distant place.

• cianda
• i gcéin
• ó chianaibh

cian m (genitive singular cian)

1. sadness, melancholy; longsomeness

• cianach
• cianaí
• faoi chian

cian (genitive singular masculine céin, genitive singular feminine céin, plural ciana, comparative céin)

1. long
2. distant

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cian”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Latin canis, canem.

cian m (plural cians)

1. dog

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃan/

cian

1. flat, even

cian

1. plateau

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiː.ɑn/

ċīan

1. accusative/genitive/dative singular of ċīe
2. nominative/accusative plural of ċīe

From Old Irish cían (“far, distant”), from Proto-Celtic *kēnos.

• IPA^(key): /kʰʲian/

cian m (dative singular cèin, genitive singular cèin)

1. (rare) distance, remoteness

   ’S cian nan cian bho dh’fhàg mi Leòdhas ― It’s ages and ages since I left Lewis.

• Rarely used now, save for some standard phrases.

cian (comparative cèine)

1. distant, remote

• cian-dhealbh
• cian-fhuaim

Borrowed from English cyan, from Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos, “dark blue”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθjan/ [ˈθjãn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsjan/ [ˈsjãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: cian

cian (invariable)

1. cyan

cian m (uncountable)

1. cyan

• “cian”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014