Probably related to baad (“world”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːn/ [ˈbaːn]
• Hyphenation: baan

báan m

1. universe

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 57

baan (Western)

1. third-person singular possessed form of -aan

• IPA^(key): /baːn/

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• Hyphenation: baan
• Rhymes: -aːn

From Middle Dutch bāne, from Old Dutch *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic *banō. Compare German Bahn.

baan f (plural banen, diminutive baantje n)

1. (Belgium) a road, way, path

   Ik zit al acht uur op de baan.

   I've sat on the road for eight hours already.

2. a track, lane
3. a job, professional occupation

   Synonym: (chiefly Belgium) job

   Ik heb een nieuwe baan.

   I've got a new job.

4. orbit (path of one object around another)
5. (computing) a job (task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode)
6. (sports, ball games) court, field (place for playing sports or games, in particular non-team ball games)

• Afrikaans: baan
• → Indonesian: ban

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

baan

1. inflection of banen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

baan

1. raffia, raphia, Raphia sudanica

• IPA^(key): /baːn/

baan

1. mistletoe

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Derived from English born.

• IPA^(key): /baːn/

baan

1. (intransitive) to be born
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2:1:

     Jiizas did baan iina Betliyem, wan toun iina Judiya.

     Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a town in Judea.

   • 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 1:

     Evribadi baan frii an iikwal wid rispek fi demself an wid raits.

     All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

• baan at JamaicanPatwah.com
• baan at majstro.com

Akin to Maranao baqan.

baan

1. to sneeze

baan n

1. obsolete typography of bån

• bana

baan (transitive)

1. to get down, to bring down fruits from a tree
2. to fall down
3. to remove, to detach, to release
4. to scatter, to spread

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