That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in
exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens;
as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion.

A quintain; – from its form.

Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of
air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for
checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan
wheel.

A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock
windmill always in the direction of the wind.

An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain
is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.

An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper,
silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same
pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the
figure of a section of a circle.

Asılsız haber. (Yapıntı * Mut -Mersin.)

i. taraftar, hayran; yelpaze, pervane. I have always been a great fan of the Beatles. (Her zaman Beatles’in büyük bir hayranı oldum.)

sıf. 1. İhtiyârlıktan dişleri dökülüp sözü anlaşılmaz: fan fan bir ihtiyâr. 2. Böyle söylenilen (söz): onun fan fan lakırdısından ben ne anlarım.

Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock’s
tail, a window, etc.