than

(Îngilîzî)

Conj

1. Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
2. (dialectal, obsolete, usually) Because; for.

Prep

Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.

Adv

At that time; then.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ðæn/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: than

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: þanne

Hevwate bi holendî: dan

Hevwate bi almanî: denn

Hevwate bi almanî: dann

In summary

From Middle English than, thanne, from Old English þanne, a variant of þonne (“then, since, because”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that, at that time, then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”).
Cognate with Dutch dan (“than”), German denn (“than”), German dann (“then”). Doublet of then.

Têgeh

ji

Hevwate

from

about

that

to

more than

before

but

as

compared to

save

since

still

unless

up to

when

where

rather than

apart from

except

in comparison with

more

of

other

out of

rather

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que

dan

que

di

che

que

niż

que

do que

quam

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παρά

από

plus

Hevok

It is a register of the title rather than a register of deeds .

Ew ji bilî qeydkirina karên sernavê sernavê ye.

It was no more exciting than an overturned carriage or a tree blown across the road .

Ew ji kargêriyek dorpêçkirî an darek ku li seranserê rê tê şewitandin ne balkêştir bû.

It was better than the scent of the hookahs .

Ew ji bîhnxweşiya hespan çêtir bû.

Istanbul hosts more conferences than all Turkish other cities combined .

Stenbolê ji hemî bajarên Tirk ên din re hevbeş bêtir konferansan dike.

It is generally less error-prone than using the built-in " switch to " command .

Ew bi gelemperî xeletiya kêm-çewt e ji karanîna fermana "guhêrbar a".

It includes crocodiles and all archosaurs more closely related to crocodiles than to birds .

Ew di nav crocodiles û hemî arşîvan de ji çûkan re ji çûkan re têkildar e.