bayan

See also: BAYAN

English

Etymology 1

From Russian бая́н (baján); named after the 11th-century bard Boyan.

Alternative forms

• baian, bajan

Noun

Russian bayan

bayan (plural bayans)

1. A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early 20th century.

Derived terms

• bayanist

 

Translations

a Russian accordion

• Belarusian: бая́н m (baján)
• Bulgarian: бая́н m (baján)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手風琴／手风琴 (zh) (shǒufēngqín) (accordion), 鍵鈕式手風琴／键钮式手风琴 (jiàn niǔ shì shǒufēngqín)

• Estonian: bajaan
• Finnish: bajan-harmonikka, bajan (fi)
• French: bayan (fr) m
• Georgian: ბაიანი (baiani)
• German: Bajan n
• Ingrian: bajani
• Italian: bayan m
• Japanese: バヤン (bayan)
• Kazakh: баян (baän)
• Korean: 바얀 (bayan)
• Kyrgyz: баян (ky) (bayan)
• Latvian: bajāns m
• Lithuanian: bajanas
• Macedonian: баја́н m (baján)
• Polish: bajan (pl) m
• Russian: бая́н (ru) m (baján)
• Serbo-Croatian: бајан m, bajan (sh) m
• Tajik: баян (tg) (bayan)
• Ukrainian: бая́н (uk) m (baján)
• Uzbek: bayan (uz)
• Vietnamese: đàn baian

See also

• garmon

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَيَان (bayān).

Noun

bayan (plural bayans)

1. (Islam) A lecture.

Anagrams

• banya

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báː.ján/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [báː.jɛ́ŋ]

Preposition

bāyan

1. behind, after

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbajan/
• Rhymes: -jan, -an, -n
• Hyphenation: ba‧yan

Etymology 1

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Noun

bayan (first-person possessive bayanku, second-person possessive bayanmu, third-person possessive bayannya)

1. parrot (kind of bird)

   Synonyms: nuri, kasturi

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَيَان (bayān, “explanation”).

Adjective

bayan

1. clear

   Synonyms: nyata, terang

Derived terms

• membayankan
• terbayan

 

Further reading

• “bayan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kavalan

Noun

bayan

1. old leaves

Manchu

Romanization

bayan

1. Romanization of ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Contraction of bahayan (“place of houses or buildings”), from bahay +‎ -an. Compare Kapampangan balen.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbajan/ [ˈba.jɐn]
• Rhymes: -ajan
• Syllabification: ba‧yan

Noun

bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

1. city

   Synonym: lungsod

2. downtown; commercial district
3. town; municipality

   Synonym: munisipyo

4. nation; state; country

   Synonym: bansa

5. motherland; native land

   Synonym: inang bayan

6. people; citizens; the public
7. (historical) city-state; polity
8. (botany) Memecylon ovatum

   Synonym: kulis

9. (obsolete) space between the ground and the sky
10. (obsolete) weather

    Synonyms: panahon, (obsolete) banwa

Adjective

bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

1. (relational) folk; popular (usually in compounds)

Derived terms

• Bagumbayan
• balikbayan
• bayanan
• bayang-pinanganakan
• bayang-sinilangan
• crush ng bayan
• daang-bayan
• damdaming-bayan
• digmaang-bayan
• gawaing-bayan
• Hukbalahap
• hukbong bayan
• inang bayan
• kababayan
• kabayanan
• kalapit-bayan
• kurong-bayan
• kuwentong-bayan
• lingkod-bayan
• Madlangbayan
• magbayan
• makabayan
• makipamayan
• mamamayan
• mamayan
• mangapit-bayan
• mangibang-bayan
• paaralang-bayan
• pagkamakabayan
• pagkamamamayan
• pamamayan
• pamanang-bayan
• pamayanan
• pambayan
• panglingkurang-bayan
• pangmamamayan
• sakupbayan
• sambayanan
• sangguniang bayan
• tagabayan
• taong-bayan
• tinubuang-bayan

 

See also

• banwa
• barangay

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈjan/ [bɐˈjan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ba‧yan

Noun

bayán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

1. (obsolete) day

   Synonym: araw

Further reading

• “bayan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Turkish

Etymology

Compare bay.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bayan (definite accusative bayanı, plural bayanlar)

1. woman

   Synonym: kadın

Usage notes

Used as a title, the word is usually capitalized and followed by a person’s name, often her surname or full name (as in “Bayan Ayşe Demirel”). This is unlike the more traditional title hanım, which is used after a person’s name, most commonly just her given name (as in “Ayşe Hanım”).

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	bayan
Definite accusative	bayanı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bayan	bayanlar
Definite accusative	bayanı	bayanları
Dative	bayana	bayanlara
Locative	bayanda	bayanlarda
Ablative	bayandan	bayanlardan
Genitive	bayanın	bayanların