han

See also: Han and Appendix:Variations of "han"

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English han, contraction of haven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæn/, /heɪn/

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• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /hən/
• Rhymes: -æn, -eɪn

Verb

han

1. (obsolete) plural simple present of have
   • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:

     They han the fleece, and eke the flesh;

   • 1614, William Browne, The Shepheards Pipe:

     Since that ye han had my virginitie,

   • 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence:

     And his alluring Baits suspected han.

   • 1976, “Howfen Wakes” (track 1), in Howfen Wakes‎^[1], performed by The Houghton Weavers:

     Ee lads 'an ya fowt? Nay, we'n not fowt yet.

Etymology 2

From Korean 한(恨) (han), from Middle Chinese 恨 (MC honH).

Noun

han (uncountable)

1. Sorrowful resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity.

Alternative forms

• haan

Translations

sorrowful resentment as a part of the Korean cultural identity

• Japanese: 恨 (ja) (han)
• Korean: 한(恨) (ko) (han)

Anagrams

• NAH, Nah., anh., nah, ahn, HNA

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑn]

Noun

han m (plural hane, definite hani, definite plural hanet)

1. khan
2. (archaic) roadside shelter for travellers and their animals: roadside hostelry, caravanserai, inn
3. (derogatory) fleabag hotel
4. messy place with no control of who comes and who leaves, regular flophouse

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /an/, [ãn]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /han/, [ɦãn]

Adverb

han (not comparable)

1. there (away from the speaker and the listener)

See also

• hemen, hor

Further reading

• “han”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “han”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈan]
• Rhymes: -an

Verb

han

1. third-person plural present indicative of haver

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• hann (most dialects)

Etymology

From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑn/, [ɦɑn]

Verb

han (irregular, third-person singular present hat, past tense hauw, past participle jehad, past subjunctive häu)

1. (Ripuarian and Kölsch, auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tense)
2. (same dialects, transitive) to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
3. (same dialects, transitive) to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)

   Uur hat doa Floep va.

   You are afraid of that.

   (literally, “You have fear of that.”)

4. (same dialects, transitive) to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
5. (same dialects, transitive) to get (to receive)
6. (same dialects, transitive) to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
7. (same dialects, transitive, of units of measure) to contain, be composed of, equal

   Ing Menuut hat 60 Sekonde.

   There are 60 seconds in one minute.

   (literally, “One minute has 60 seconds.”)

8. (same dialects, impersonal, with het or 't) there be, there is, there are
9. (same dialects, with 't and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into

   Iech han't nit zoeë mit Höng.

   I'm not a great fan of dogs.

   (literally, “I don't have it that much with dogs.”)

10. (same dialects, with 't and uvver) to talk about

    Vier hauwe't juus uvver dienge Vrunk.

    We were just talking about your friend.

    (literally, “We just had it about your friend.”)

Conjugation

    conjugation of han in Kirchröadsj

infinitive		han
present participle		—
past participle		jehad
gerund		—
auxiliary		han
		singular			plural
		1st person iech	2nd person doe	3rd person heë/zie/het	1st person vier/vuur	2nd person ier/uur	3rd person zie
indicative	present simple	han	has	hat	hant	hat hauwt	hant
	preterite	hauw	hauwts	hauw	hauwe	häut hait	hauwe
	present perfect	han jehad	has jehad	hat jehad	hant jehad	hat jehad hauwt jehad	hant jehad
	past perfect	hauw jehad	hauwts jehad	hauw jehad	hauwe jehad	häut jehad hait jehad	hauwe jehad
	future simple	weëd han	weëds han	weëd han	weëde han	weëd han	weëde han
	future perfect	weëd jehad han	weëds jehad han	weëd jehad han	weëde jehad han	weëd jehad han	weëde jehad han
conditional	simple	häu hai	häuts haits	häu hai	häue haie	—	häue haie
	present	jeuf han	jeufs han	jeuf han	jeuve han	jeuft han	jeuve han
	perfect	häu jehad hai jehad	häuts jehad haits jehad	häu jehad hai jehad	häue jehad haie jehad	—	häue jehad haie jehad
imperative	affirmative	–	han	—	—	hat	—

Derived terms

• aahan
• durchhan
• Han
• ihan
• leefhan
• oeshan
• umhan
• uvverhan
• voethan
• vuurhan
• óphan

Descendants

• Hunsrik: hon
• Kölsch: han
• Luxembourgish: hunn

Further reading

• “han” in d'r nuie Kirchröadsjer Dieksiejoneer 2nd ed., 2017.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦan]

Noun

han f

1. genitive plural of hana

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hann (dative hánum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han/, [hæn]

Pronoun

han (genitive hans, accusative ham)

1. he

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal (uncommon)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		indefinite	man	en	ens
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

References

• “han,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Noun

han c (singular definite hannen, plural indefinite hanner)

1. male, he

Declension

Declension of han

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	han	hannen	hanner	hannerne
genitive	hans	hannens	hanners	hannernes

References

• “han,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an/

Verb

han

1. third-person plural present indicative of haber

German

Verb

han

1. (archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of haben
   • 1812, Brothers Grimm, “Kinder- und Haus-Märchen”, in Der gescheidte Hans, page 138:

     Hansens Mutter spricht: „wohin Hans?“ Hans antwortet: „zur Grethel.“ – „Machs gut Hans“ – „Schon gut machen, Adies, Mutter“ – Hans kommt zur Grethel: „guten Tag Grethel.“ – „Guten Hans: was bringst du Gutes?“ – „Bring nichts, gegeben han.“

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Gun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣã̀/

Noun

hàn

1. song

   Synonym: òhàn

Derived terms

• jì hàn (“to sing song”)

Gwich'in

Etymology

Cognate with Tlingit héen (“water, river”).

Noun

han

1. river

Japanese

Romanization

han

1. Rōmaji transcription of はん

Kaingang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han/, [hadn]

Verb

han (singular)

1. (transitive) to do; to make
2. (auxiliary) forms verbs from nouns

   asĩg han

   to sneeze

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˈhan/ [ˈhʌn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: han

Article

han

1. Pronunciation variant of san.

Khasi

Noun

han

1. duck

Mandarin

Romanization

han

1. Nonstandard spelling of hān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of hǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hàn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology

Contracted infinitive and plural present of haven.

Verb

han

1. (transitive) Alternative form of haven - Piers Plowman.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Geoffrey Chaucer, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Him thanken all, and thus they han an end

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• haben

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German habēn, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈhaːn/

Verb

hān (irregular, third-person singular present hāt, past tense habete, past participle gehabet, auxiliary hān)

1. to have

Conjugation

Conjugation of hān (irregular, auxiliary hān)

infinitive		hān
genitive gerund		hānnes hānes
dative gerund		hānne hāne
present participle		hānde
past participle		gehabet
auxiliary		hān
	indicative			subjunctive
	singular	plural		singular	plural
present	ich hān	wir hān	i	ich habe	wir haben
	du hāst	ir hāt		du habest	ir habet
	ër hāt	sie hānt		ër habe	sie haben
preterite	ich habete	wir habeten	ii	ich habete	wir habeten
	du habetest	ir habetet		du habetest	ir habetet
	ër habete	sie habeten		ër habete	sie habeten
imperative	habe (du)	habet (ir)

Composed forms of hān (irregular, auxiliary hān)

perfect
	singular	plural		singular	plural
indicative	ich hān gehabet	wir hān gehabet	subjunctive	ich habe gehabet	wir haben gehabet
	du hāst gehabet	ir hāt gehabet		du habest gehabet	ir habet gehabet
	ër hāt gehabet	sie hānt gehabet		ër habe gehabet	sie haben gehabet
pluperfect
indicative	ich habete gehabet	wir habeten gehabet	subjunctive	ich habete gehabet	wir habeten gehabet
	du habetest gehabet	ir habetet gehabet		du habetest gehabet	ir habetet gehabet
	ër habete gehabet	sie habeten gehabet		ër habete gehabet	sie habeten gehabet
future i
infinitive	hān süln		subjunctive i	ich sul hān	wir suln hān
				du sule hān	ir sulet hān
				ër sul hān	sie suln hān
indicative	ich sol hān	wir sulen hān	subjunctive ii	ich sölte hān ich sölde hān	wir sölten hān wir sölden hān
	du solt hān	ir sulet hān		du söltest hān du söldest hān	ir söltet hān ir söldet hān
	ër sol hān	sie sulen hān		ër sölte hān ër sölde hān	sie sölten hān sie sölden hān
future ii
infinitive	gehabet hān süln		subjunctive i	ich sul gehabet hān	wir suln gehabet hān
				du sule gehabet hān	ir sulet gehabet hān
				ër sul gehabet hān	sie suln gehabet hān
indicative	ich sol gehabet hān	wir sulen gehabet hān	subjunctive ii	ich sölte gehabet hān ich sölde gehabet hān	wir sölten gehabet hān wir sölden gehabet hān
	du solt gehabet hān	ir sulet gehabet hān		du söltest gehabet hān du söldest gehabet hān	ir söltet gehabet hān ir söldet gehabet hān
	ër sol gehabet hān	sie sulen gehabet hān		ër sölte gehabet hān ër sölde gehabet hān	sie sölten gehabet hān sie sölden gehabet hān

Descendants

• Alemannic German: haa, ha, heen, hoh, hä, häbä, hè

  Swabian: hau

• Bavarian: hoom, hobm, hobn, hom, ho, hob

  Cimbrian: haban, hen, håm

  Mòcheno: hom

  Northern Bavarian: [hɔm]

• Central Franconian: han, hann (most dialects)
  • Hunsrik: hon
  • Kölsch: han
  • Luxembourgish: hunn
• East Central German:

  Erzgebirgisch: hamm

  Upper Saxon German: ham, hom

  Vilamovian: hon

• East Franconian:
• German: haben

  Berlinerisch: ham

  Ruhrpöttisch: habn

• Rhine Franconian: hann, hawwe (Vorderpfälzisch), hunn (northern Palatine)
  • Frankfurterisch: [havə]; [hɑvə], [hɔvə] (older)
  • Palatine German: hann, hawwe, hunn
  • Pennsylvania German: hawwe
  • Upper Hessian: hu, hunn
• Yiddish: האָבן (hobn)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “han”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Nguôn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːn¹/

Numeral

han

1. two

Norman

Etymology

From Old Norse hampr.

Noun

han m (plural hans)

1. (Jersey) galangal

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• hån (Mooring)
• Hen (Sylt)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hanjō.

Noun

han f (plural hanen)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) hen, chicken

   Coordinate term: höön (“rooster”)

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːn/

Adjective

han

1. this

   Synonym: ev

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “han”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[2], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 231

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han/
• Homophones: hann, hand
• Rhymes: -an

Pronoun

han

1. he, him

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (noun)	den		dens
		masculine (noun)
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

References

• “han” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑnː/

Pronoun

han

1. he, him, it (third person singular, masculine)

Usage notes

Han is used to refer not only to masculine persons, but any masculine noun. E.g.: Bilen er fin. Eg likar han. - The car is nice. I like it.

In some dialects, han may precede a male given name or a difinite singular masculine noun. E.g: Kor vart det tå han Erik? (“Where did Erik disappeared?”)

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

person	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	eg, je1	du		han	ho	det, dat2
accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom2	ho, henne2	det, dat2
dative2	meg	deg	seg	honom	henne	di2
genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes1	dess3
case	plural
nominative	me, vi	de, dokker			dei
accusative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		dei, deim2
dative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		deim2
genitive	vår, okkar	dykkar, dokkar	sin		deira, deires1

¹Obsolete. ²Landsmål. ³Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.

References

• “han” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronoun

han

1. he / it (masculine nominative pronoun)

Descendants

• Danish: han

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han.

Verb

hān

1. (intransitive) to hang
2. (transitive) to hang

Conjugation

Conjugation of hān (strong class 7 irregular, Verner alternation)

infinitive	hān
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	hā, hān	hienc
2nd person singular	hās, hāst	hiengi, hiengis
3rd person singular	hāt	hienc
1st person plural	hān	hiengun
2nd person plural	hāt	hiengut
3rd person plural	hānt	hiengun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	hā	hiengi
2nd person singular	hās, hāst	hiengi, hiengis
3rd person singular	hā	hiengi
1st person plural	hān	hiengin
2nd person plural	hāt	hiengit
3rd person plural	hān	hiengin
imperative	present
singular	hā
plural	hāt
participle	present	past
	hāndi	gihān, gihangan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hâen
  • Dutch: hangen
    • Afrikaans: hang
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: hanggi
    • Negerhollands: hang, haṅ
    • → Sranan Tongo: anga

Further reading

• “hān”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɑːn/, [hɑːn]

Noun

hān f

1. a projecting stone that forms part of a boundary

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hān	hāna, hāne
accusative	hāne	hāna, hāne
genitive	hāne	hāna
dative	hāne	hānum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• ᚼᛆᚿ

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhanː/

Pronoun

han

1. he

   han ær mīn vin ― he is my friend

Declension

Old Swedish personal pronouns

	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
singular
nominative	iak, iæk	þū	—	han	hōn	þæt
accusative	mik, mek	þik	sik	han	hana, hōna	þæt
dative	mǣ(r), mik	þǣ(r), þik	sǣ(r), sik	hōnum, hānum	hænni	þȳ, þī
genitive	mīn	þīn	sīn	hans	hænna(r)	þæs
dual
nominative	vit	it	—	—	—	—
accusative	oker	*iker	sik	—	—	—
dative	oker	*iker	sǣr, sik	—	—	—
genitive	okar	*ikar	sīn	—	—	—
plural
nominative	vī(r)	ī(r)	—	þē(r)	þā(r)	þø̄n, þē(n)
accusative	os, ōs	iþer	sik	þā	þā(r)	þø̄n, þē(n)
dative	os, ōs	iþer	sǣr, sik	þēm, þø̄m, þom	þēm, þø̄m, þom	þēm, þø̄m, þom
genitive	vār	iþar	sīn	þēra	þēra	þēra

Descendants

• Swedish: han

Portuguese

Adjective

han (invariable)

1. Han Chinese (referring to the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)

Noun

han m (plural han or hans)

1. Han Chinese (member of the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• (Arabic) حَنۡ
• (Bengali) হান
• (Myanmar) ဟန်
• (Hanifi) 𐴇𐴝𐴕 (han)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [han]

Noun

han

1. ear

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”).

Noun

han n (plural hanuri)

1. inn, caravanserai

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	han	hanul		hanuri	hanurile
genitive-dative	han	hanului		hanuri	hanurilor
vocative	hanule			hanurilor

References

• han in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Russenorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk han (“he”).

Pronunciation

Unknown. Possible examples:

• IPA^(key): /han/, /haɲ/ (Norwegian accent)
• IPA^(key): /xan/, /xanʲ/ (Russian accent)

There is no evidence of palatalization of the /n/-sound, although it should be there at least in the Northern Norwegian pronunciation.

There is also no known examples of the Russian pronunciation, where the letter h may be pronounced as /g/ (see gaf and gall).

Pronoun

han

1. he

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag, pages 113, 119

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

From English hand.

Noun

han

1. arm
2. hand

Usage notes

Only used to refer to a human; for an animal, the equivalent parts are all labelled as lek.

References

• Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎^[4], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
• Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xâːn/
• Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

hȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ха̑н)

1. inn

Declension

Declension of han

	singular	plural
nominative	hȃn	hánovi
genitive	hana	hanova
dative	hanu	hanovima
accusative	han	hanove
vocative	hane	hanovi
locative	hanu	hanovima
instrumental	hanom	hanovima

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan/ [ˈãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: han

Verb

han

1. third-person plural present indicative of haber

Swedish

Alternative forms

• 'an (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Old Swedish han, from Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hanː/, (unstressed, postconsonantal) /an/

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -an
• Homophone: hann

Pronoun

han

1. he, the third person singular, masculine, nominative case.

   Han är mycket stilig

   He is very handsome

2. (nonstandard in writing, common in speech) him

   Synonym: (standard) honom

   Jag såg han / Jag såg'an

   I saw him

Usage notes

See the usage notes for honom.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

See also

• hann (past tense of hinna – a homophone)
• hon (“she”)

References

• han in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• han in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• han in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.

Verb

han

1. to eat

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hand.

Noun

han

1. hand
2. arm
3. foreleg (of an animal)
4. wing (of a bird)
5. branch (of a tree)
6. branch (figurative)

Derived terms

• hanwara

References

• Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎^[5], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
• Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑn/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), probably of central Asian origin. Doublet of kağan and hakan.

Noun

han (definite accusative hanı, plural hanlar)

1. khan

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).

Noun

han (definite accusative hanı, plural hanlar)

1. inn (for caravans)

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xaːn]

Noun

han (definite accusative hany, plural hanlar)

1. khan

Derived terms

• oguzhan
• garahan
• hantama

Further reading

• “han” in Enedilim.com
• “han” in Webonary.org

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [haːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [haːŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier cây) han • (𧄊)

1. Dendrocnide

   Synonym: mán

Derived terms

• han tím
• han voi
• lá han

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

han • (𨫪)

1. appeared to begin to rust

   chiếc nồi đồng han xanh

   rusty green bronze pot

Etymology 3

From Proto-Vietic *haːɲ (“to ask”).

Verb

han • (𪡗, 𠻃, 㗍, 漢, 嘆, 罕)

1. (archaic) to ask

   Synonym: hỏi

Derived terms

• hỏi han

Anagrams

• anh, nha

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ọ̀n (Ekiti)
• ghàn (SEY)

Etymology 1

Compare with Ifè ŋà, Olukumi ghàn, Itsekiri ghàn and possibly Igala ñà, from Proto-Yoruba *ɣɪ̃ã̀, *ŋɪ̃ã̀ , from Proto-Edekiri *ɣɪ̃ã̀, *ŋɪ̃ã̀, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ŋɪ̃ã̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hã̀/

Verb

hàn

1. to appear, show; to be visible

Derived terms

• fi hàn

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hã̀/

Verb

hàn

1. to scribble

Derived terms

• hàntúrú

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hã̀/

Verb

hàn

1. (Igbomina) to pluck leaves from a plant

   Synonym: já

Etymology 4

Compare with Ifè ŋɔ́, Olukumi ghọn, Igala ñwọ̀, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɣɔ̃̀, *ŋɔ̃̀, from Proto-Edekiri *ɣɔ̃̀, *ŋɔ̃̀, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ŋʷɔ̃̀, Proto-Yoruboid *wɔ̃̀. See Proto-Bantu *gon, Igbo gwọ, Urhobo ahọnre

Alternative forms

• ọ̀n (Ekiti)
• ghọ̀n (Ondo)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hã̀/

Verb

hàn

1. to snore

   Synonym: han-an-run

Derived terms

• han-an-run

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hã̄/

Verb

han

1. to scream loudly

   Synonym: ké

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hã́/

Verb

hán

1. (Igbomina) Alternative form of wọ́n (“to catch something in the air”)