Ainu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese パン, from Portuguese pão (bread), from Latin pānem, accusative singular form of pānis (bread). Compare French pain, Italian pane, Romanian pâine, Spanish pan.

Noun edit

パン (pan)

  1. bread

References edit

  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)[1], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co.

Japanese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Alternative spellings
麵麭 (rare)
麺麭 (rare)
麺𮮆 (rare)
麺包 (rare)
麪包 (rare)

From Portuguese pão (bread),[3][2] from Latin pānem, accusative singular form of pānis (bread). Compare French pain, Italian pane, Romanian pâine, Spanish pan.

Noun edit

パン (pan

  1. bread, pastries, any baked good with a crust (a type of food)
Usage notes edit
  • The kanji spellings 麺麭, 麺包, and 麪包 are examples of jukujikun. Use of these spellings is extremely rare in modern Japanese.
  • While usually translated as 'bread', the term also covers a wide variety of baked goods that would not be called bread in English. This includes bread-like sweets like brioche, filled puff pastries and similar items, as well as various Asian steamed dough dumplings.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Ainu: パン (pan)
  • Amis: epang
  • Bunun: paang
  • Hakka: 𮮆 (pháng)
  • Korean: (ppang)
  • Min Nan: 𮮆 (pháng)
  • Paiwan: pang
  • Rukai: pange
  • Saaroa: pangʉ

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English pan.[3][2]

Noun edit

パン (pan

  1. a pan (flat vessel used for cooking)
  2. a pan shot (a film shot where the camera is turned horizontally)
Derived terms edit

Verb edit

パンする (pan surusuru (stem パン (pansuru shi), past パンした (pansuru shita))

  1. to pan (to turn a camera horizontally)
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun edit

パン (Pan

  1. (Greek mythology) Pan
  2. (astronomy) Pan
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN