filan

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فلان (falan), from Arabic فُلَان (fulān).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

filan m

  1. A placeholder name for a person, used when a name is not known; a generic name; so-and-so

Declension

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References

  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “filan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 159

Esperanto

Adjective

filan

  1. accusative singular of fila

Somali

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adjective

filan

  1. enough

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfilan/ [ˈfi.lãn]
  • Rhymes: -ilan
  • Syllabification: fi‧lan

Verb

filan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of filar
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