ຫ່ານ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *haːnᴮ (“goose”). Cognate with Thai ห่าน (hàan), Northern Thai ᩉ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lü ᦠᦱᧃᧈ (ḣaan¹), Tai Dam ꪬ꪿ꪱꪙ, Shan ႁၢၼ် (hǎan), Phake ꩭꩫ် (han), Ahom 𑜑𑜃𑜫 (han), Zhuang hanq, Tày hán. Compare Middle Chinese 雁 (MC ngaenH, “wild goose”), Proto-Mon-Khmer *haan (“goose”), Proto-Khmuic *haːn (“goose”).

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [haːn˧]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [haːn˧˨]
• Hyphenation: ຫ່ານ
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

ຫ່ານ • (hān)

1. goose

Derived terms

• ຫ່ານຜູ້ (hān phū, “gander”)