gagan

== Aromanian == === Alternative forms === gaganu === Noun === gagan m (feminine gaganã, masculine plural gaganj, feminine plural gagani or gagane) nickname (with the meaning of easily frightened) given to the Greeks by the Aromanians. ==== See also ==== mucan mecan ghegan == Gamilaraay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaɡan/ === Noun === gagan colour === References === (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement == Old High German == === Alternative forms === gegin, kagan, kagen, gagen === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin, whence also Old English ġæġn, Old Norse gegn. === Preposition === gagan against ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: gegen, gagen, jegen, gein, gēnAlemannic German: gegeCimbrian: ghéghenGerman: gegenHunsrik: gegheYiddish: קעגן (kegn) ⇒ Middle High German: gein, gēn (contraction) German: gen (literary, dated) Yiddish: קיין (keyn) ⇒ Luxembourgish: géint (with paragogic -t) === References === Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “gagan”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *gaggo-, from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”), see also Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). === Noun === gagan m (genitive singular gagain, plural gaganan) cluster or bunch (as of heath) alternative form of gafann === References === MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “goigean”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN