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Sian
Definitions
- 1 Bored, weary or fed-up; tired (of something). Singapore, Singlish, colloquial
"[Y]ou know you’re not the only one around who is bored and sian and tired of being bored and sian."
- 2 Repetitive and boring, wearisome. Singapore, Singlish, colloquial
"— Sian. Fucking sian. — Complain less. You bite that pencil anymore next time got termites inside you."
- 1 A female given name from Welsh [in turn from Hebrew].
- 2 Alternative form of Siyan. alt-of, alternative
- 3 Alternative form of Xi'an. alt-of, alternative
"As the day drew near it was obvious that it would not bring unmixed joy. Ominous rumors were coming from Sian in the northwest, where Young Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang and his troops were now stationed."
- 4 An endangered language spoken in the Belaga, Sarawak District in east Malaysia. It has no written form.
- 5 A surname.
Etymology
From Hokkien 𤺪 (siān).
An anglicization of Welsh Siân, ultimately from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
From Central Kurdish سیان (syan).
From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 西安 (Xī'ān).
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