See also: tran, Tran, trán, trần, Trần, and trận

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Middle Vietnamese tlan, from Proto-Vietic *k-lən, from Proto-Austroasiatic *tlan; cognates include Muong tlăn, Pacoh tulán, Khmer ថ្លាន់ (thlan, python), Bahnar klăn (python), Mon ကၠန် (klɔn, python), Car Nicobarese tu-lān (python).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier con) trăn ()

  1. a non-venomous constricting snake, as opposed to a rắn (non-constricting snake); a python, a boa, an anaconda, etc.