PROPN: proper noun
PROPN
Definition
A proper noun is a noun (or nominal content word) that is the name (or part of the name) of a specific individual, place, or object.
Adjectives denoting kinship or possession by individuas are related to proper nouns (see ADJ):
- Ridvánov “Ridvan’s”
- Kasímov “Kasim’s”
- Levéntev “Levent’s”
- Aminín “Aminǽ’s”
- Išín “Išǽ’s”
- Fatnín “Fatnǽ’s”
Examples
- Isén, Jakúp, Aminǽ
- Atína, Stanból, Amérika “Athens, Instabul, America”
- Agnilófci, Karáhoǧefci “Anilofski Family, Karahotza Family”
- Čal, Kúla, Mesegún “the mountain ‘Cal’, ‘Kula’,’Mesgun’”
- Bajrǽm “Bayram”, Pásha “Easter”, Dóska “Epiphany”
- Panedélnik “Monday”, Tórnik “Tuesday”, Sredá “Wednesday”, Četvórtak “Thursday”, Ǧumajá “Friday”, Sóbata “Saturday”, Nedéle “Sunday”
- Gulemíl / Ianuários “January”, Malkušán / Fevruários “February”, Márta / Mártios “March”, Lóško / Aprílios “April”, Éčko / Jóčko / Májis “May”, Todórofsken / Iúnios “June”, Marínsken / Iúlios “July”, Avastós / Ávgustos / Jágus “August”, Rújen / Septémvrios “September”, Dimítrofsken / Októmvrios “October”, Kásym / Noémvrios “November”, Nikúlica / Dekémvrios “December”
Acronyms of proper nouns, such as OHE / OIE “UN” and NATO are tagged PROPN. If they contain numbers (as in various product names) but still consist of one token, they are tagged PROPN and not SYM. However, if a token in a multitoken PROPN consists entirely of digits (Windows 7) or an independent word, it is tagged NUM.
- DEI “PEC - Public Electric Company”, IKA “SSF - Social Security Foundation”, OGA “ΟAS - Organization of Agricultural Security”, OTE “ΟGT - Organization of Greek Telecommunication”
PROPN in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [da] [el] [en] [es] [et] [eu] [fi] [fro] [fr] [ga] [grc] [hu] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [kpv] [ky] [myv] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [uk] [u] [urj] [yue] [zh]