gaṅ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tguəŋ, *guəŋ, *tgəŋ (“stalk, handle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɡaŋ

Noun

gaṅ

  1. stalk

Derived terms

Descendants

  • ⇒ Javanese: ꦒꦒꦁ (gagang, “central stalk; stem; handle, haft, hilt, knob”)
    • → Malay: gagang
      • > Indonesian: gagang (inherited)
  • ⇒? Javanese: ꦩꦒꦁ (magang, “apprentice official”)
    • → Malay: magang (“apprentice”)
      • > Indonesian: magang (“apprentice”) (inherited)
  • ⇒? Javanese: ꦥꦒꦁ (pagang, “to wait for; to be an apprentice”)

Further reading

  • "gaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Khmer

Verb

gaṅ

  1. Latin script form of គង៑ (“to stay; to dwell, abide, to reside”)

Verb

gaṅ

  1. Latin script form of គង៑ (“to cross, to oppose”)
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