gaṅ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tguəŋ, *guəŋ, *tgəŋ (“stalk, handle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gaṅ
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- ⇒ Javanese: ꦒꦒꦁ (gagang, “central stalk; stem; handle, haft, hilt, knob”)
- ⇒? Javanese: ꦩꦒꦁ (magang, “apprentice official”)
- ⇒? Javanese: ꦥꦒꦁ (pagang, “to wait for; to be an apprentice”)
Further reading edit
- "gaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.