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bajan

/ˈbeɪd͡ʒən/

bajan is the alternative form of bayan.

Meaning of bayan

Noun (1)

bayan (plural bayans)

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

Noun (2)

bayan (plural bayans)

  1. A lecture.

See all 3 meanings of bayan

Noun capitalized: Bajan

Bajan (plural Bajans)

  1. (demonym) A Barbadian.

Proper noun capitalized: Bajan

Bajan

  1. A Creole language spoken on the island of Barbados.
  2. A surname.

Adjective capitalized: Bajan

Bajan (comparative more Bajan, superlative most Bajan)

  1. Barbadian.
    • A faction recalled Duke mentioning Bajan ancestry at some point, which lent credence to the tale.2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, pages 241–242

Forms of bajan

Noun
pluralbajans
pluralBajans
Adjective
comparativemore Bajan
superlativemost Bajan

Origin of bajan

A clipping of Bar-Bajan, a phonetically spelled form of Barbadian.

Words formed from bajan

Words that rhyme with bajan

Questions about bajan

What does bajan mean?
Bajan means a Barbadian.
What is bajan the alternative form of?
Bajan is the alternative form of bayan.
What part of speech is bajan?
Bajan can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce bajan?
Bajan is pronounced /ˈbeɪd͡ʒən/.
What is the plural of bajan?
The plural of bajan is bajans.

Words near bajan in the dictionary

  1. bajada
  2. bajadas
  3. bajaj
  4. bajajs
  5. Bajali
  6. bajan
  7. Bajan English
  8. Bajanism
  9. Bajanness
  10. bajans
  11. Bajardo

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bajan (page history and authors); Bajan (page history and authors); bayan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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