hayan

See also: Hayan

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From ha- (“interrogative stem”) +‎ yan (“side”). ha- is inherited from Proto-Turkic *ka-. For similar formations, see hara (“where”) and havaxt (“when”), from ara (“space”) and vaxt (“time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɑjɑn]

Adverb

Other scripts

Cyrillic		һајан
Arabic		هایان

hayan

1. (interrogative) which side?

   Synonym: hansı tərəf

2. (interrogative) where?

   Synonyms: hara, hanı

   Nənə, hayanda qaldın? ― Grandmother, where have you remained?

3. (interrogative) which direction?

   Synonyms: hansı tərəf, hansı səmt

Derived terms

• hayana
• hayanda
• hayandan

See also

Azerbaijani interrogative pro-forms

• what: nə, (dialectal) nəmənə
• who: kim
• which: hansı
• which (in a numbered series): neçənci
• who (by occupation): nəçi
• who (by origin): haralı
• where (which place): hara, hayan, (colloquial) hanı, (dialectal) həncəri
• where (at which place): harada, hayanda
• whither (to which place): hara, haraya, hayana
• whence (from which place): haradan, hayandan
• when: nə vaxt, nə zaman, haçan, (colloquial) havaxt
• why: niyə, nə üçün, neyçün
• how: necə, nətər, nə təhər, (archaic) nə tövr, nə cür, (dialectal) həncəri
• how much: nə qədər
• how many: neçə

Further reading

• “hayan” in Obastan.com.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʝan/ [ˈa.ʝãn]

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʝan/ [ˈa.ʝãn] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /ˈaʃan/ [ˈa.ʃãn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈaʒan/ [ˈa.ʒãn] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈajan/ [ˈa.jãn] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -aʝan
• Syllabification: ha‧yan

Verb

hayan

1. inflection of haber:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• haiyan — obsolete
• hayian — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• ayan

Etymology

The latter half of the word is possibly iyan. See also niyan, ganiyan / ganyan, diyan, heto, hayon / hayun, ayon / ayun, and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /haˈjan/ [hɐˈjan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ha‧yan

Interjection

hayán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜌᜈ᜔)

1. there! there it is! (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)

   Synonym: iyan

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)	Locative (nasa)	Existential	Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker*	ari iri yari**	nari niri niyari†	dini	narini nandini nairi naari	heri eri ayri	ganari ganiri garini garni gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	narito nandito naito**	heto eto ayto†	ganito garito(garto)**
Near listener	iyan yaan	niyan	diyan diyaan	nandiyan nandiyaan nariyan(naryan) nayan/nayaan** naiyan‡	hayan ayan	ganiyan(ganyan) gay-an** gariyan**
Remote	iyon yoon yaon†	niyon noon niyaon†	doon	naroon nandoon nayon/nayoon** nayaon‡	hayon ayon	ganoon gayon gay-on** gayoon‡ garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.

Anagrams

• hanya, hanay