rắn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ran"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Vietnamese rắn, from Proto-Vietic *p-səɲʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(b)saɲʔ; cognate with Muong Bi thảnh, Khasi bseiñ and Pacoh cuxanh. Compare also Khmer ម្សាញ់ (msañ, “Year of the Snake”).
Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 破散 (MC phaH sanX) (modern SV: phá tản).
Alternative forms edit
- (North Central Vietnam) tắn
Noun edit
(classifier con) rắn • (𧋻, 破散)
- a non-constricting snake, as opposed to a trăn (“constricting snake”)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Vietic *k-sanʔ (“solid; hard; firm”); cognate with Arem tʰanˀ.
Adjective edit
- hard; firm; rigid
- Synonym: cứng
- rắn/cứng đầu ― stubborn
- rắn chắc ― well-built and having strong support
- (physics) solid
See also edit
Derived terms