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bayan

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • bäʹyänʹ

1

name

Meaning 1

A county of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early 20th century.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A lecture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

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History

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴彦 (Bāyàn).

From Russian бая́н (baján); named after the 11th-century bard Boyan.

From Arabic بَيَان (bayān).

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 巴彦 (baa1 jin6) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴彦 (Bāyàn) — Translations
  • Belarusian: бая́н (baján) — a Russian accordion
  • Bulgarian: бая́н (baján) — a Russian accordion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手風琴 /手风琴 (shǒufēngqín) — a Russian accordion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鍵鈕式手風琴 /键钮式手风琴 (jiàn niǔ shì shǒufēngqín) — a Russian accordion
  • Estonian: bajaan — a Russian accordion
  • Finnish: bajan-harmonikka — a Russian accordion
  • Finnish: bajan — a Russian accordion
  • French: bayan — a Russian accordion
  • Georgian: ბაიანი (baiani) — a Russian accordion
  • German: Bajan — a Russian accordion
  • Ingrian: bajani — a Russian accordion
  • Italian: bayan — a Russian accordion
  • Japanese: バヤン (bayan) — a Russian accordion
  • Kazakh: баян (baän) — a Russian accordion
  • Korean: 바얀 (bayan) — a Russian accordion
  • Kyrgyz: баян (bayan) — a Russian accordion
  • Latvian: bajāns — a Russian accordion
  • Lithuanian: bajanas — a Russian accordion
  • Macedonian: баја́н (baján) — a Russian accordion
  • Polish: bajan — a Russian accordion
  • Russian: бая́н (baján) — a Russian accordion
  • Serbo-Croatian: бајан — a Russian accordion
  • Serbo-Croatian: bajan — a Russian accordion
  • Tajik: баян (bayan) — a Russian accordion
  • Ukrainian: бая́н (baján) — a Russian accordion
  • Uzbek: bayan — a Russian accordion
  • Vietnamese: đàn baian — a Russian accordion