han
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English han, contraction of haven.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
han
- (obsolete) plural simple present of have
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:
- They han the fleece, and eke the flesh;
- 1614, William Browne, The Shepheards Pipe:
- Since that ye han had my virginitie,
- 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence:
- And his alluring Baits suspected han.
- 1976, “Howfen Wakes” (track 1), in Howfen Wakes[1], performed by The Houghton Weavers:
- Ee lads 'an ya fowt? Nay, we'n not fowt yet.
Etymology 2 edit
From Korean 한(恨) (han), from Middle Chinese 恨 (MC honH).
Noun edit
han (uncountable)
- Sorrowful resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity.
Alternative forms edit
Translations edit
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adverb edit
han (not comparable)
- there (away from the speaker and the listener)
See also edit
Further reading edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
han
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
- hann (most dialects)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
han (irregular, third-person singular present hat, past tense hauw, past participle jehad, past subjunctive häu)
- (Ripuarian and Kölsch, auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tense)
- (same dialects, transitive) to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
- (same dialects, transitive) to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
- Uur hat doa Floep va.
- You are afraid of that.
- (literally, “You have fear of that.”)
- (same dialects, transitive) to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
- (same dialects, transitive) to get (to receive)
- (same dialects, transitive) to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
- (same dialects, transitive, of units of measure) to contain, be composed of, equal
- Ing Menuut hat 60 Sekonde.
- There are 60 seconds in one minute.
- (literally, “One minute has 60 seconds.”)
- (same dialects, impersonal, with het or 't) there be, there is, there are
- (same dialects, with 't and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
- Iech han't nit zoeë mit Höng.
- I'm not a great fan of dogs.
- (literally, “I don't have it that much with dogs.”)
- (same dialects, with 't and uvver) to talk about
- Vier hauwe't juus uvver dienge Vrunk.
- We were just talking about your friend.
- (literally, “We just had it about your friend.”)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | han | ||||||
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present participle | — | ||||||
past participle | jehad | ||||||
gerund | — | ||||||
auxiliary | han | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person iech |
2nd person doe |
3rd person heë/zie/het |
1st person vier/vuur |
2nd person ier/uur |
3rd person zie | ||
indicative | present simple | han | has | hat | hant | hat hauwt |
hant |
preterite | hauw | hauwts | hauw | hauwe | häut hait |
hauwe | |
present perfect | han jehad | has jehad | hat jehad | hant jehad | hat jehad hauwt jehad |
hant jehad | |
past perfect | hauw jehad | hauwts jehad | hauw jehad | hauwe jehad | häut jehad hait jehad |
hauwe jehad | |
future simple | weëd han | weëds han | weëd han | weëde han | weëd han | weëde han | |
future perfect | weëd jehad han | weëds jehad han | weëd jehad han | weëde jehad han | weëd jehad han | weëde jehad han | |
conditional | simple | häu hai |
häuts haits |
häu hai |
häue haie |
— | häue haie |
present | jeuf han | jeufs han | jeuf han | jeuve han | jeuft han | jeuve han | |
perfect | häu jehad hai jehad |
häuts jehad haits jehad |
häu jehad hai jehad |
häue jehad haie jehad |
— | häue jehad haie jehad | |
imperative | affirmative | – | han | — | — | hat | — |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “han” in d'r nuie Kirchröadsjer Dieksiejoneer 2nd ed., 2017.
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
han f
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hann (dative hánum).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
han (genitive hans, accusative ham)
See also edit
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
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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 |
References edit
- “han,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Noun edit
han c (singular definite hannen, plural indefinite hanner)
Declension edit
References edit
- “han,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
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han
German edit
Verb edit
han
- (archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of haben
- 1812, Brothers Grimm, “Kinder- und Haus-Märchen”, in Der gescheidte Hans, page 138:
- 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 quotation)
Gun edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hàn
Derived terms edit
- jì hàn (“to sing song”)
Gwich'in edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Tlingit héen (“water, river”).
Noun edit
han
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
han
Kaingang edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
han (singular)
- (transitive) to do; to make
- (auxiliary) forms verbs from nouns
- asĩg han
- to sneeze
Khasi edit
Noun edit
han
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
han
- Nonstandard spelling of hān.
- Nonstandard spelling of hán.
- Nonstandard spelling of hǎn.
- Nonstandard spelling of hàn.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
Contracted infinitive and plural present of haven.
Verb edit
han
- (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 quotation)
Nguôn edit
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
han
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
han m (plural hans)
Northern Kurdish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
han
References edit
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “han”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[2], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 231
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
han
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Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | |||
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feminine | masculine | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
Second | general | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine | |
formal (rare) | De | Dem | Deres | |||||
Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | ||||
masculine (person) | han | ham / han | 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 | general | dere | deres | |||||
formal (very rare) | De | Dem | Deres | |||||
Third | general | de | dem | deres | ||||
reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |
References edit
- “han” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
han
Usage notes edit
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.
In some dialects, han may precede a male given name or a difinite singular masculine noun. E.g: Kor vart det tå han Erik? (“Where did Erik disappeared?”)
See also edit
person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
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case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
References edit
- “han” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Danish edit
Etymology edit
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han
Descendants edit
- Danish: han
Old Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
han
- he
- han ær mīn vin ― he is my friend
Declension edit
first person | second person | reflexive | third person | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | ||||||
nominative | iak, iæk | þū | — | han | hōn | þæt |
accusative | mik, mek | þik | sik | han | hana, hōna | þæt |
dative | mǣ(r), mik | þǣ(r), þik | sǣ(r), 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 |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: han
Portuguese edit
Adjective edit
han (invariable)
- Han Chinese (referring to the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)
Noun edit
han m (plural han or hans)
- Han Chinese (member of the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)
Rohingya edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
han
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”).
Noun edit
han n (plural hanuri)
Declension edit
References edit
- han in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Russenorsk edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk han (“he”).
Pronunciation edit
Unknown. Possible examples:
There is no evidence of palatalization of the /n/-sound, although it should be there at least in the Northern Norwegian pronunciation.
There is also no known examples of the Russian pronunciation, where the letter h may be pronounced as /g/ (see gaf and gall).
Pronoun edit
han
References edit
- Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag, pages 113, 119
Samoan Plantation Pidgin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
han
Usage notes edit
Only used to refer to a human; for an animal, the equivalent parts are all labelled as lek.
References edit
- Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)[3], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
- Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ха̑н)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
han
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- 'an (eye dialect)
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish han, from Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /hanː/, (unstressed, postconsonantal) /an/
audio (Gotland) (file) - Rhymes: -an
- Homophone: hann
Pronoun edit
han
- he, the third person singular, masculine, nominative case.
- Han är mycket stilig
- He is very handsome
- (nonstandard in writing, common in speech) him
- Synonym: (standard) honom
- Jag såg han / Jag såg'an
- I saw him
Usage notes edit
See the usage notes for honom.
Declension edit
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
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common | neuter | plural | |||||
singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | 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, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina |
See also edit
References edit
Tetum edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.
Verb edit
han
- to eat
Tok Pisin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
han
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)[4], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
- Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76
Turkish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), probably of central Asian origin. Doublet of kağan and hakan.
Noun edit
han (definite accusative hanı, plural hanlar)
Etymology 2 edit
From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).
Noun edit
han (definite accusative hanı, plural hanlar)
- inn (for caravans)
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Synonyms edit
- (Dendrocnide): mán
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
- appeared to start to rust
- chiếc nồi đồng han xanh
- rusty green bronze pot
Verb edit
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Anagrams edit
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Compare with Ifè ŋà, Olukumi ghàn, Itsekiri ghàn and possibly Igala ñà, from Proto-Yoruba *ɣɪ̃ã̀, *ŋɪ̃ã̀ , from Proto-Edekiri *ɣɪ̃ã̀, *ŋɪ̃ã̀, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ŋɪ̃ã̀.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
hàn
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
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hàn
- to scribble
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
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hàn
Etymology 4 edit
Compare with Ifè ŋɔ́, Olukumi ghọn, Igala ñwọ̀, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɣɔ̃̀, *ŋɔ̃̀, from Proto-Edekiri *ɣɔ̃̀, *ŋɔ̃̀, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ŋʷɔ̃̀, Proto-Yoruboid *wɔ̃̀. See Proto-Bantu *gon, Igbo gwọ, Urhobo ahọnre
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
hàn
- to snore
- Synonym: han-an-run
Derived terms edit
Etymology 5 edit
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han
Etymology 6 edit
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hán