Where does “چان” come from?

چان (Iraqi Arabic) comes from Arabic كَانَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

چان (Iraqi Arabic): hence, then, afterward, after that (+imperfect verb)

Definitions

  1. hence, then, afterward, after that (+imperfect verb)

Ancestry of “چان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكَانَto be
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →