han

See also: Han and Appendix:Variations of "han"

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English han, contraction of haven.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /hæn/, /heɪn/
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  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /hən/

VerbEdit

han

  1. (obsolete) plural simple present of have

AnagramsEdit

AlbanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

han m (indefinite plural hane, definite singular hani, definite plural hanet)

  1. (archaic) roadside shelter for travellers and their animals: roadside hostelry, caravanserai, inn
  2. (pejorative) fleabag hotel
  3. messy place with no control of who comes and who leaves, regular flophouse

BasqueEdit

PronounEdit

han

  1. there

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

han

  1. third-person plural present indicative form of haver

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

han f

  1. genitive plural of hana

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hann (dative hánum).

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

han (genitive hans, accusative ham)

  1. he

See alsoEdit

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common(noun) den dens
neuter(noun) det dets
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural First modern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second – I jer jeres
Third – de dem deres
reflexive – sig

ReferencesEdit

NounEdit

han c (singular definite hannen, plural indefinite hanner)

  1. male, he

InflectionEdit

Declension of han
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative han hannen hanner hannerne
genitive hans hannens hanners hannernes

ReferencesEdit

GalicianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

han

  1. third-person plural present indicative of haber

GermanEdit

VerbEdit

han

  1. (archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of haben
    • 1812, Brothers Grimm, Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, p.138 - Der gescheidte Hans
      Hansens Mutter spricht: „wohin Hans?“ Hans antwortet: „zur Grethel.“ – „Machs gut Hans“ – „Schon gut machen, Adies, Mutter“ – Hans kommt zur Grethel: „guten Tag Grethel.“ – „Guten Hans: was bringst du Gutes?“ – „Bring nichts, gegeben han.“
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Gwich'inEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Tlingit héen (“water, river”).

NounEdit

han

  1. river

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

han

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はん

KhasiEdit

NounEdit

han

  1. duck

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

han

  1. Nonstandard spelling of hān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of hán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of hǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of hàn.

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Contracted infinitive and plural present of haven.

VerbEdit

han

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of haven - Piers Plowman.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Geoffrey Chaucer, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Him thanken all, and thus they han an end
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hampr.

NounEdit

han m (plural hans)

  1. (Jersey) galangal

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hann

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

han

  1. he, him

See alsoEdit

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First – jeg meg mi min mitt mine
Second – du deg di din ditt dine
Third feminine (person) hun henne hennes
masculine (person) han han/ham hans
feminine (noun) den dens
masculine (noun)
neuter(noun) det dets
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine
Plural First – vi oss vår vårt våre
Second – dere dere deres
Third – de dem deres

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hann

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

han

  1. he, him, it (third person singular, masculine)

Usage notesEdit

Han is used to refer not only to masculine persons, but any masculine noun. E.g.: Bilen er fin. Eg likar han. - The car is nice. I like it.

See alsoEdit

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk
Number Person Nominative Oblique Possessive / Genetive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First eg, je1 meg mi min mitt mine
Second du deg di din ditt dine
Third (reflexive) — seg si sin sitt sine
Third (masculine) han han, honom1 hans
Third (feminine) ho ho, henne hennar, hennes1
Third (neuter) det dess2
Plural First me, vi oss vår vårt våre
Second de, dokker dykk, dokker dykkar, dokkar
Third dei dei, deim1 deira, deires1
1Obsolete. 3Rare or literary.

ReferencesEdit

Old DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hann.

PronounEdit

han

  1. he / it (masculine nominative pronoun)

DescendantsEdit

  • Danish: han

Old SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hann.

PronounEdit

han

  1. he

DeclensionEdit

Old Swedish personal pronouns
first person second person reflexive third person
masculine feminine neuter
singular
nominative iak, iæk þū — han hōn þæt
accusative mik þik sik han hana, hōna þæt
dative mǣr, mik þǣr, þik sǣr, sik hōnum, hānum hænni þȳ, þī
genitive mīn þīn sīn hans hænna(r) þæs
dual
nominative vit it — — — —
accusative oker *iker sik — — —
dative oker *iker sǣr, sik — — —
genitive okar *ikar sīn — — —
plural
nominative vī(r) ī(r) — þē(r) þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
accusative os, ōs iþer sik þā þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
dative os, ōs iþer sǣr, sik þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom
genitive vār iþar sīn þēra þēra þēra

DescendantsEdit

PortugueseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

han (invariable, comparable)

  1. Han Chinese (referring to the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)

NounEdit

han m (plural han or hans)

  1. Han Chinese (member of the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)

RohingyaEdit

NounEdit

han

  1. ear

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish خان‎ (han), from Persian خان‎ (xân, “caravanserai”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”)

NounEdit

han n (plural hanuri)

  1. inn, caravanserai

DeclensionEdit

Declension of han
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) han hanul (niște) hanuri hanurile
genitive/dative (unui) han hanului (unor) hanuri hanurilor
vocative hanule hanurilor

ReferencesEdit

Samoan Plantation PidginEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English hand.

NounEdit

han

  1. arm
  2. hand

Usage notesEdit

Only used to refer to a human; for an animal, the equivalent parts are all labelled as lek.

ReferencesEdit

  • Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)
  • Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28–76.

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish خان‎ (han), from Persian خان‎ (xan, “caravanserai”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

hȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ха̑н)

  1. inn

DeclensionEdit

Declension of han
singular plural
nominative hȃn hánovi
genitive hana hanova
dative hanu hanovima
accusative han hanove
vocative hane hanovi
locative hanu hanovima
instrumental hanom hanovima

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

han

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of haber.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of haber.

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Swedish han, from Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ (*hānaʀ).

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

han

  1. he, the third person singular, masculine, nominative case.
    Han är mycket stilig.
    He is very handsome.
  2. (informal, nonstandard or dialectal) him
    jag såg han
    I saw him.
    Synonym: honom (standard)

DeclensionEdit

Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2 hans
feminine (person) hon henne hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen henom, hen2 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers5 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders5 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Not universally accepted neologism.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.
5Formal address

TetumEdit

VerbEdit

han

  1. to eat

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English hand.

NounEdit

han

  1. hand
  2. arm
  3. foreleg (of an animal)
  4. wing (of a bird)
  5. branch (of a tree)
  6. branch (figurative)

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)
  • Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28–76.

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish خان‎ (han).

NounEdit

han (definite accusative hanı, plural hanlar)

  1. khan
  2. inn (for caravans)
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