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tyan | taan |

As a noun taan is

a rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.

tyan

English

Cardinal numeral

(head)
  • Two in Cumbrian sheep counting.

    • Derived terms

    * tyan-a-dick * tyan-a-bumfit
    See also
    *

    Usage notes

    The form tan is more common in other former Celtic areas of Northern England.

    References

    * {{reference-book , last = Wright , first = Peter , title = Cumbrian Chat , origyear = 1995 , publisher = Dalesman Publishing Company , id = ISBN 185-568-092-0 , pages = 7 }} * {{reference-book , last = Deakin , first = Michael A.B. , editor = Leigh-Lancaster, David , title = The Name of the Number , origyear = 2007 , url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sSGPsbUdzuMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Name+of+the+Number&client=firefox-a&sig=rltANTWrl82R7Ho4mEv0PivE698 , accessdate = 2008-05-17 , publisher = Australian Council for Educational Research , id = ISBN 0864317573 , pages = 75 }} * {{reference-book , last = Varvogli , first = Aliki , title = Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide , origyear = 2002 , url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YwW7f0jB9swC&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Proulx,+Annie%22&client=firefox-a&sig=1V4j_clhRbrJm7XnesnFDk8NU0Q , accessdate = 2008-05-17 , publisher = Continuum International Publishing Group , id = ISBN 0826452337 , pages = 24-25 }} English cardinal numbers

    taan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 147:
  • *:Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take a taan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.
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