tacany

== Catalan == === Etymology === Probably from Hebrew Hebrew תקנה (“religious ordinance, rule”). Compare Spanish tacaño. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [təˈkaɲ] IPA(key): (Valencia) [taˈkaɲ] === Adjective === tacany (feminine tacanya, masculine plural tacanys, feminine plural tacanyes) (obsolete) contemptible, low (dialectal) mean, stingy, miserly Synonym: gasiu === Further reading === “tacany”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007