shan

• shand

Origin obscure. Perhaps from shand (“worthless”). Alternatively, perhaps of Romani origin.

• Rhymes: -æn

shan (comparative more shan, superlative most shan)

1. (Geordie, Edinburgh) unfair, harsh

   Here man! that's pure shan that like

2. (Scotland, Hartlepool) poor, low-quality

• (unfair): lenns (Geordie), unfair, unjust

• shanny

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

• HANS, HNAs, Hans, NASH, Nash, nash

From English Shan, from Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑn/, [ˈʃɑ̝n]

shan

1. Shan (language spoken in eastern Burma in an area bordering China, Laos and Thailand)
2. Shan (person belonging to the ethnic minority that speaks the language)

• shan-kansa (the Shan people)

shan

1. Nonstandard spelling of shān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of shán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of shǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of shàn.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic. Compare Afar konoy, Saho koon, Sidamo onte, Somali shan.

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shan

1. five.

Borrowed from Scottish Cant, possibly originally from Scottish Gaelic sean (“old”).

shan (comparative shanner, superlative shannest)

1. (Edinburgh) unfair, mean, harsh, nasty
2. low-quality, pitiful, worn out

• shanner

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar konoy, Oromo shan, Saho koon and Sidamo onte.

shan

1. five