mắn
Vietnamese
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNon-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 敏 (“to be eager”, SV: mẫn).
The mắn element as in mau mắn (“quick”) and may mắn (“lucky”) are probably unrelated to mắn đẻ, as both words exhibit the regular pattern of -ăn reduplication, deriving from the bases mau and may respectively.
Verb
editmắn
- (only in compounds) to be eager to
Derived terms
editDerived terms
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Combining form
editmắn
- reduplicant of may, only used in may mắn
- reduplicant of mau, only used in mau mắn