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tian

tian noun: an oval cooking-pot, traditionally used in Provence.

tian: an oval cooking-pot, traditionally used in Provence
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Noun

tian (plural tians)

  1. An oval cooking-pot, traditionally used in Provence.
  2. A Provençal dish of layered baked vegetables.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Tian

Tian (plural Tians)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Tian

Tian

  1. (Chinese) Synonym of Heaven: simultaneously conceived as the Heavens, Nature, and an anthropomorphic supreme God.
    • ...‘Heaven’ as we use it throughout the book is only a convenient but inaccurate translation of the Chinese character tian. Heaven in Chinese religions as well as in the Confucian tradition has multidimensional implications... In its metaphysical and physical connotation, Heaven... refers to......2000, Yao Xinzhong, An Introduction to Confucianism, page 142
    • Supreme being in Chinese philosophy and religion. He rules over lesser gods, humankind, and controls the cosmos. The word Tian may also refer to Heaven. As a god, Tian is often seen as an impersonal power...2003, Constance Victoria Briggs, The Encyclopedia of God, s.v. "Tian"
    Synonyms:
    Heaven

tian meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

tian in Hindi

टियान, तियान

tian in Marathi

टियान, तियान

tian in Urdu

تیان

tian in Bengali

টিয়ান, তিয়ান
More languagesFewer languages
tian in Telugu
టియాన్, తియాన్, టియన్
tian in Malayalam
ടിയാൻ, തിയാൻ
tian in Kannada
ಟಿಯಾನ್, ತಿಯಾನ್
tian in Punjabi
ਟਿਆਨ, ਟੀਆਨ
tian in Gujarati
ટિયાન, તિયાન
tian in Odia
ଟିଆନ୍, ଟିଆନ
tian in Nepali
टियान, तियान, टियन

Synonyms of tian

Forms of tian

Noun
pluraltians
Proper noun
pluralTians
alternative formTien
alternative formT'ien

Origin of tian

From French, from Provençal tian, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

The pinyin romanization of Mandarin 田 (Tián).

The pinyin romanization of Mandarin 天 (Tiān).

Phrases with tian

Questions about tian

What does tian mean?
Tian means an oval cooking-pot, traditionally used in Provence.
What is tian in Hindi?
Tian in Hindi is टियान, तियान. See Tian meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tian?
Tian can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tian?
The plural of tian is tians.

Words near tian in the dictionary

  1. tiagabine
  2. Tiahuanaco
  3. Tiamat
  4. tiamenidine
  5. tiamulin
  6. tian
  7. Tian An Men Square
  8. tian nan xing
  9. Tian Shan
  10. Tian'anmen
  11. Tian'anmen Square

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tian (page history and authors); Tian (page history and authors); tian (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tian (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tian (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tian (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tian (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tian (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tian (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tian (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tian (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tian (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tian (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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