вана

See also: Ваня and Appendix:Variations of "vana"

Bulgarian

Вана

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wanne. Cognates with Russian ва́нна (vánna)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvanɐ]

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Noun

ва́на • (vána) f

1. bath; bathtub

Declension

Declension of ва́на

	singular	plural
indefinite	ва́на vána	ва́ни váni
definite	ва́ната vánata	ва́ните vánite

References

• “вана”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “вана”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Erzya

Etymology

Possibly by metathesis from obsolete Erzya нава (nava), which, according to Paasonen, was borrowed from Russian на (na) (compare нате (nate, “here you are!”)).

Alternatively, related to or influenced by Erzya ваномс (vanoms, “to watch”).

Particle

вана • (vana)

1. here (is), this (is)
2. there

Interjection

вана • (vana)

1. here, look (at it)
   • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svyatoe Evangelie ot Matfeya, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom yazyke‎^[1], page 227:

     Омбоце чистэнть неизе Іоанн Іисусонь тензэ самсто да мерьсь: вана Пазонь Реве левксэсь, Кона сайсазо эсь лаҥгозонзо мастор лаҥгонь пежетьсть.

     Omboće čistenť ńejiźe Іoann Іisusoń ťenze samsto da meŕś: vana Pazoń Ŕeve ľevkseś, Kona sajsazo eś laҥgozonzo mastor laҥgoń pežeťsť.

     The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

2. here you are! take it! (when offering something, casual)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “вана”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “vana”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvanə]

Noun

ва́на • (vána) m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of ван (van)