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şan.

reputation, the worth or estimation in which something or someone is held

3 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃan/[ˈʃɑn̪]
  1. reputation, the worth or estimation in which something or someone is held

  2. fame, the state of being famous, succesful or talked-about

  3. glory

  4. dignity, honor, the state of being moral, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous, excellence of character

  5. quality, trait, attribute

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شان (şan), from Old Anatolian Turkish شان (şān), from Arabic شَأْن (šaʔn)

noun/ˈʃan/[ˈʃɑn̪]
  1. singing, vocal, in music, a technique of producing and using sound that aims to control the breath with the diaphragm and to use the nose, mouth and forehead cavities as a vibration box, thus gaining control of the sound and expanding the sound field.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French chant, from Latin cantus. Doublet of kanto.

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