Adan

See also: adan, adan-, a-dan, A-dan, Adán, adán, -adán, and aḍaṅ

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Adán, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (ʾāḏām, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: A‧dan
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdan/ [ʔɐˈd̪an̪]

Proper noun

Adán (Badlit spelling ᜀᜇᜈ᜔)

1. (biblical) Adam
2. a male given name from Hebrew

Noun

Adán (Badlit spelling ᜀᜇᜈ᜔)

1. a man

   Synonym: lalaki

Anagrams

• anad, daan, nada

Hanunoo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Adán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdan/ [ʔaˈdɐn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: A‧dan

Proper noun

Adán (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜧᜨ᜴)

1. a male given name

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 19

Icelandic

Noun

Adan

1. definite nominative singular of Ada

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˈʔadan/ [ˈʔaː.dʌn]
• Rhymes: -adan
• Syllabification: A‧dan

Proper noun

Ádan

1. (used only in tales) A mythological location.

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “ádan”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 6

Old French

Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אדם (adam)

Proper noun

Adan m (nominative singular Adans)

1. (biblical) Adam

Descendants

• French: Adam

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Adam

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ādām, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם, from א־ד־ם.

Proper noun

Adan m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
2. (Abrahamism, biblical) Adam

Descendants

• Galician: Adán
• Portuguese: Adão

References

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “Adan1”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “Adan2”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Adan”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Adan”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Adán, ultimately from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdan/ [ʔɐˈd̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: A‧dan
• Homophone: adhan

Proper noun

Adán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜈ᜔)

1. (biblical) Adam
2. a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Adam

Derived terms

• Adan at Eba

Further reading

• “Adan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 10

Anagrams

• anda, daan

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈdã/

Proper noun

Adan

1. Alternative form of Adam.