English Explanatory Dictionary

Tsan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈtsæn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tsan.wav

Word forms

Tsan Tsans

Etymology

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

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