baan

See also: ban, Baan, and baañ

Afar

Etymology

Probably related to baad (“world”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːn/, [ˈbaːn]
• Hyphenation: baan

Noun

báan m 

1. universe

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 57

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bāne, from Old Dutch *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic *banō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːn/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: baan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

baan f (plural banen, diminutive baantje n)

1. a road, way, path

   Ik zit al acht uur op de baan.

   I've sat on the road for eight hours already.

2. a track, lane
3. a job, professional occupation

   Synonym: (chiefly Belgium) job

   Ik heb een nieuwe baan.

   I've got a new job.

4. orbit (path of one object around another)
5. (computing) a job (task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode)
6. (sports, ball games) court, field (place for playing sports or games, in particular non-team ball games)

Derived terms

• achtbaan
• baanatletiek
• baanboef
• baanbrekend
• baancommissaris
• baanopzichter
• baansport
• baantjesjager
• baanvak
• baanwedstrijd
• banen
• banenmarkt
• banenplan
• bijbaan
• busbaan
• droombaan
• duobaan
• glijbaan
• hondenbaan
• landingsbaan
• linkerbaan
• loopbaan
• luizenbaan
• rechterbaan
• rijbaan
• roetsjbaan
• startbaan
• streekbaan
• tweebaans

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: baan
• → Indonesian: ban

Verb

baan

1. inflection of banen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Dyula

Noun

baan

1. raffia, raphia, Raphia sudanica

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːn/

Noun

baan

1. mistletoe

References

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English born.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːn/

Verb

baan

1. born
   • 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 1:

     Evribadi baan frii an iikwal wid rispek fi demself an wid raits.

     All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

Further reading

• baan at JamaicanPatwah.com
• baan at majstro.com

Maguindanao

Etymology

Akin to Maranao baqan.

Verb

baan

1. to sneeze

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

baan n

1. obsolete typography of bån

Anagrams

• bana

Yucatec Maya

Verb

baan (transitive)

1. to get down, to bring down fruits froms a tree
2. to fall down
3. to remove, to detach, to release
4. to scatter, to spread

Inflection

    Conjugation of baan

aspect	optative	inperfective	perfective	resultative	imperative
active voice	ban	banik	banaj	banmaj	banej
antipassive voice	baannak	baan	baannaj	baannajaʼan	baannen
mediopassive voice	báanak	báanal	báan	baanal	—
passive voice	baʼanak	baʼanal	baʼan	banaʼan	—