gân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 筋 (“tendon”, SV: cân). Compare Japanese 筋 (“muscle or tendon”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣəŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣəŋ˧˧]

Noun

gân • (筋, 荕)

1. tendon
2. vein (of a leaf)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• gân cốt
• gân guốc

 

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːn/

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from English gan (“the mouth”).

Noun

gân f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) candidiasis, thrush

   Synonym: llindag

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gân	ân	ngân	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gân

1. Soft mutation of cân.

Verb

gân

1. Soft mutation of cân.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cân	gân	nghân	chân
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.