-san

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-san

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Borrowed from Japanese さん (san, “Mr, Ms”).

suffix

  1. informal, morpheme Honorific ending used to indicate that a person is Japanese, talking with a Japanese, or treated like a Japanese.

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suffix Japanese honorific ending

한국어상 sang
日本語さん -san
हिन्दी-सान -sān
Français-san
Русский-сан -san
العربيةسَان- -sān

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"-san." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-san. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

-san. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-san

Chicago

"-san." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-san.

BibTeX
@misc{san_2026,
  title = {-san},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-san},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}