lân
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lən˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ləŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ləŋ˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 磷 (“phosphorus”).
Noun edit
lân
Usage notes edit
- lân is only used in lân tinh (“phosphorus”, now dated), and when referring to fertilizer, as in NPK, also known as đạm-lân-kali ("nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium")
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
(classifier con) lân
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
lân
- (only in compounds) to encroach
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lân
- Soft mutation of glân.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
glân | lân | nglân | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian land, lond, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lân n (plural lannen, diminutive lantsje)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lân”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011