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tsan

/ˈtsæn/

tsan noun: an Ancient Greek letter ⟨Ͷ ͷ⟩, found in a single inscription in the Arcadian dialect of Mantineia, which likely represented /t͡s/.

tsan: an Ancient Greek letter ⟨Ͷ ͷ⟩, found in a single inscription in the Arcadian dialect of Mantineia,...
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Noun

tsan (plural tsans)

  1. An Ancient Greek letter ⟨Ͷ ͷ⟩, found in a single inscription in the Arcadian dialect of Mantineia, which likely represented /t͡s/.

Proper noun capitalized: Tsan

Tsan (plural Tsans)

  1. A surname.

Forms of tsan

Noun
pluraltsans
Proper noun
pluralTsans

Origin of tsan

By analogy with san (from Ancient Greek σάν (sán)), which stood for /s/, due to it likely being a variant of that letter.

Words that rhyme with tsan

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Questions about tsan

What does tsan mean?
Tsan means an Ancient Greek letter ⟨Ͷ ͷ⟩, found in a single inscription in the Arcadian dialect of Mantineia, which likely represented /t͡s/.
What part of speech is tsan?
Tsan can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tsan?
Tsan is pronounced /ˈtsæn/.
What is the plural of tsan?
The plural of tsan is tsans.

Words near tsan in the dictionary

  1. Tsamosan
  2. tsampa
  3. tsampouna
  4. tsampounas
  5. tsampoy
  6. tsan
  7. Tsang
  8. Tsangkha
  9. Tsangs
  10. tsans
  11. tsantsa

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