stan

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English

Etymology 1

From Stan (“Stanley”), after the song Stan by Eminem (2000), a fictitious account of the rapper's encounter with an overly obsessive fan named Stan. Sometimes assumed to be a blend of stalker +‎ fan, but perhaps simply chosen for the rhyme.

Alternative forms

• Stan

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada, US) IPA^(key): /stæn/
• enPR: stăn
• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

stan (plural stans)

1. (Internet slang, sometimes derogatory) An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.

   IU stan

   K-pop stan

   Dream stan

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

• sasaeng (K-pop fandom)

Derived terms

• Stan Twitter
• stantwt

Verb

stan (third-person singular simple present stans, present participle stanning, simple past and past participle stanned)

1. (slang, transitive, intransitive) To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:stan.

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from -stan.

Alternative forms

• Stan, 'Stan, 'stan, -stan, -Stan

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɑːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /stæn/
• enPR: stän

Noun

stan (plural stans)

1. One of the stans; any of the ex-Soviet countries and their neighbours whose name ends with "-stan" such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.

Further reading

• "Stan" fans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Stan Twitter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Tans, nats, ants, ASNT, tans, Nats, Tsan, NATs, NTAs, Sant, Nast

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *stanъ (“camp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstan/

Noun

stan m (plural stane, definite stani)

1. place with huts and pens for shepherds and cattle; shed, fold, barn; hut, shelter

   Synonyms: tëbanë, bun
2. flock of sheep

   Synonyms: kope, grigjë

3. (derogatory) hostile group, gang, unit

   Synonyms: grup, kamp

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “stan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• “stan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[6] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1787
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “stan”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 460a

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech stan, from Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstan]
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

stan m inan

1. tent

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “stan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “stan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “stan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Middle English

Noun

stan (plural stanes or stan)

1. Alternative form of stone

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• stēn

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German stān, stēn, from Proto-West Germanic *stān.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈs̠taːn/

Verb

stān (irregular, third-person singular present stāt, past tense stuont, past participle gestān or gestanden, past subjunctive stüende, auxiliary hān)

1. to stand

Conjugation

Descendants

• Alemannic German: staa, schtaa
• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: stean

  Mòcheno: stean

  Northern Bavarian: [ʒ̊d̥ɛi]

• Central Franconian: stohn, stonn, stiehn

  Hunsrik: stehn

  Luxembourgish: stoen

• German: stehen
• Rhine Franconian: stehn

  Pennsylvania German:

• Vilamovian: śtejn
• Yiddish: שטיין (shteyn)

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈstan/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈstan/

Noun

stan m inan

1. tent
2. (in the plural) camp; tabernacle
3. inside of the heart
4. interior

Declension

Descendants

• Czech: stan

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “stan”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stān, from Proto-Germanic *stāną.

Verb

stān

1. To stand.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• antstān
• bistān
• farstān

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: stâen
  • Dutch: staan
    • Afrikaans: staan
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: tan
    • Jersey Dutch: stân
    • Negerhollands: staan, tan
    • → Biak: vestan
  • Limburgish: staon

Further reading

• “stān”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂no-, *stih₂-no- (a suffixed form of *steyh₂- (“to be solid, to crowd together”)).

Cognate with Old Frisian stēn, Old Saxon stēn (German Low German Steen), Old Dutch sten, stein (Dutch steen), Old High German stein (German Stein), Old Norse steinn (Icelandic steinn, Faroese steinur, Norwegian Nynorsk stein, Norwegian Bokmål stein, sten, Danish sten, Swedish sten), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek στῖον (stîon, “pebble”), Proto-Slavic *stěnà (Bulgarian стена (stena), Russian стена́ (stená), Czech stěna (“wall”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑːn/

Noun

stān m

1. stone

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• stǣnen
• stǣner

Descendants

• Middle English: ston, stan, stane, stoan, stone, stoon, stoone
  • English: stone (see there for further descendants)
  • Geordie English: styen
  • Scots: stane
  • Yola: sthoan
  • → Anglo-Norman: ston

Old High German

Alternative forms

• stēn — see there for more

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stān.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̠taːn/

Verb

stān

1. to stand

Usage notes

• The ā-form was found especially in Alemannic and in western Franconian. In the former, the vocalism was regularized early on (du stās, er stāt); in the latter, the West Germanic vowel alternation (du steis, he steit) has been preserved even to this day.

Descendants

• Middle High German: stān, stēn
  • Alemannic German: staa, schtaa
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: stean

    Mòcheno: stean

    Northern Bavarian: [ʒ̊d̥ɛi]

  • Central Franconian: stohn, stonn, stiehn

    Hunsrik: stehn

    Luxembourgish: stoen

  • German: stehen
  • Rhine Franconian: stehn

    Pennsylvania German:

  • Vilamovian: śtejn
  • Yiddish: שטיין (shteyn)

See also

• gān

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stanъ. First attested in the 12th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /staːn/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /stɒn/

Noun

stan m inan (diminutive stanek, augmentative stanowisko or stanowiszcze, related adjective stanowy)

1. (attested in Masovia) duty to support a ruler and his court, officials or team during a trip around the country, imposed on the rural population, converted over time into a tribute in kind or a pecuniary fee
2. stopping, halting
3. (attested in Masovia) place of stopping or halting
4. (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) natural or artificial dwelling; temporary shelter, especially a tent
5. place to stand; position
6. (in the plural, sometimes military, attested in Lesser Poland) encampment, (area of the camp)
7. hunting lodge
8. storage building; granary
9. circle, circumference, region
10. (attested in Pomerania, Greater Poland) armed host of angel
11. state (set of circumstances applying at any given time)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Polish: stan
• Silesian: stōn

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “stan”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “stan”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• standan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stān, from Proto-Germanic *stāną.

Verb

stān

1. To stand.

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle Low German: stān
  • German Low German: stahn

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish stan. Sense 1, sense 2 and sense 10 are semantic loans from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: stan

Noun

stan m inan (abbreviation st.)

2. state (a condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time)

   Synonym: kondycja

4. (politics) state (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India)
5. (historical) state, echelon; caste; level (layer of society during the Middle Ages)
6. ring (group of people based on their profession or social function)
7. (literary, anatomy) waist (the part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach)

   Synonym: talia

8. (literary) waist (a part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist)
9. (dated, anatomy) upper body
10. clothing for the upper body (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
11. part of clothing worn on the lower body between the crotch and belt (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
13. (obsolete) state (sovereign polity)
14. shape, form

    Synonyms: forma, postać

15. state, mood

    Synonyms: nastrój, usposobienie

16. (obsolete) number, amount

    Synonyms: ilość, liczba

17. (Middle Polish, now historical) obligation to provide room and board during the journey of the ruler and his retinue, later changed into an annual monetary tribute

    Synonym: stacja

18. (obsolete) four cubits of linen
19. (obsolete) profession

    Synonym: zawód

20. (obsolete) bra, small corset

    Synonyms: stanik, gorsecik

21. (obsolete, bureaucracy) document containing the office hours and location of a given official
22. (obsolete, beekeeping) beekeeper's shelter in the woods
23. (obsolete) flowerpot

    Synonyms: donica, wazon

24. (obsolete) four wheels

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• stan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• stan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “stan”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “STAN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2009 February 17
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “stan”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “stan”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “stan”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 387
• stan in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “stan”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

Romanian

Noun

stan n (plural stanuri)

1. Alternative form of stană

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stâːn/
• Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

stȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ста̑н)

1. flat, apartment
2. loom (tkàlačkī stȃn)

Declension

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:stan.

Derived terms

• stàmbenī
• stànār
  • sȕstanār
    • sȕstanārka

References

• “stan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstan/
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

stan m inan (genitive singular stanu, nominative plural stany, genitive plural stanov, declension pattern of dub)

1. tent
2. (slang) erection, hard-on

Declension

Further reading

• “stan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Swedish

Alternative forms

• sta'n

Etymology

Contraction of staden, the definite singular of stad.

Noun

stan

1. (colloquial) The town, the city.

   på stan

   downtown

Usage notes

• Stockholmers insist that stan always refers to Stockholm and no other cities. The phrase inte i stan (“not in the town”) to them means outside of Stockholm, but to other Swedes it means outside of any town, i.e., in the countryside.

Anagrams

• sant