name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Tsan
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtsæn/
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rhymes with -æn
noun
Meaning 2
An Ancient Greek letter ⟨Ͷ ͷ⟩, found in a single inscription in the Arcadian dialect of Mantineia, which likely represented /t͡s/.
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
By analogy with san (from Ancient Greek σάν (sán)), which stood for /s/, due to it likely being a variant of that letter.