ràn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ran"
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𡜉
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𥣹
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
Of imitative origin, similar to Latin rana (“frog”), Sanskrit रायति (rāyati, “to bark at”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to howl, bark at”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ràn m (genitive singular ràin, plural rànan)
Verb edit
ràn (past ràn, future rànaidh, verbal noun rànail or rànaich, past participle rànte)
References edit
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ràn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 闌 (SV: lan).