gagan

See also: gagaṅ

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• gaganu

Noun

gagan m (feminine gaganã, masculine plural gaganj, feminine plural gagani or gagane)

1. nickname (with the meaning of easily frightened) given to the Greeks by the Aromanians.

See also

• mucan
• mecan
• ghegan

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɡan/

Noun

gagan

1. colour

References

• (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin, whence also Old English ġæġn, Old Norse gegn.

Preposition

gagan

1. against

Descendants

• Middle High German: gegen, gagen, jegen, gein, gēn
  • Alemannic German: gege
  • Cimbrian: ghéghen
  • German: gegen
  • Hunsrik: geghe
  • Yiddish: קעגן (kegn)
  • ⇒ Middle High German: gein, gēn (contraction)
    • German: gen (literary, dated)
    • Yiddish: קיין (keyn)
    • ⇒ Luxembourgish: géint (with paragogic -t)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gaggo-, from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”), see also Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”).

Noun

gagan m (genitive singular gagain, plural gaganan)

1. cluster or bunch (as of heath)
2. Alternative form of gafann

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “goigean”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN