ห่าน

Thai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *haːnᴮ¹, from Proto-Tai *haːnᴮ (“goose”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶ, Khün ᩉ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຫ່ານ (hān), Lü ᦠᦱᧃᧈ (ḣaan¹), Tai Dam ꪬ꪿ꪱꪙ, Tai Dón ꪬꪱꪙꫀ, Shan ႁၢၼ်ႇ (hàan), Phake ꩭꩫ︀် (han), Ahom 𑜑𑜃𑜫 (han), Zhuang hanq.

Compare Middle Chinese 雁 (MC ngaenH, “wild goose”), Japanese 雁 (gan), Vietnamese nhạn, Tibetan ངང་པ (ngang pa), Burmese ငန်း (ngan:), Proto-Mon-Khmer *haan (“goose”), Proto-Khmuic *haːn (“goose”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicห่าน
h ˋ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonhàan
Royal Institutehan
(standard) IPA(key)/haːn˨˩/(R)

Noun

ห่าน • (hàan)

  1. goose
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