làn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Eastern Maninkakan

Alternative scripts

• ߟߊ߲߬ (nko)

Verb

làn

1. to sow, plant

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• lan — nonstandard

Romanization

làn (lan⁴, Zhuyin ㄌㄢˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚂／𰈓
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壏／𰊑
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濫／滥
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爛／烂
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 煈／𮳠
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爁／𬊶
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燗
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爤
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓓／𬎑
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 纜／缆
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 缆
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 覻／𰴞
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 連／连
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑭／镧
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 镧
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 闌／阑
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔋／𪟎

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠaːn/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [l̪ˠɑ̃ːn]

Adjective

làn (genitive singular masculine làin, genitive singular feminine làine, nominative plural làna, comparative làine)

1. full, absolute, entire, big

Declension

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	làn	làn	làna
Vocative	làin	làn	làna
Genitive	làin	làin/làine	làna
Dative	làn	làin	làna

Derived terms

• làn-thìde, làn-ùine (“full-time”, adjective)
• muir-làn m (“high tide”)

Noun

làn m (genitive singular làin, plural làin)

1. fill

   Fhuair e a làn de bhrot. ― He got his fill of broth.

   Ghabh mi làn beòil uisge. ― I took a mouthful of water.

   Bha làn dùirn de bhuinn aca uile. ― They all had a handful of coins.

2. tide (high tide)

Derived terms

• làn-mara m (“high tide”)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːn˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˨˩]
• Homophone: làng (South Vietnam)

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Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier chiếc, cái) làn • (籃, 𬅉)

1. handled handbasket with a flat bottom and wide mouth, made from rattan, rush, bamboo or plastics

   xách làn đi chợ ― to carry a hand-basket to the market

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Vietic *p-laːɲ; compare *p-laːɲ's reflex tràn (“to overflow”), as well as lan (“to spread”), another possible cognate. For phonological analogies, compare triplets lè, le, & thè from *t-lɛːl (“to stick out tongue”).

Unlikely non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 瀾 (“ripple, wave, overflowing”, SV: lan); as the expected initial should have been *r- (for an analogy, non-SV rường vs. SV lương from 樑 (OC *raŋ) (B-S)).

Classifier

làn • (瀾, 𡔔, 灡, 󱞉, 𬞕)

1. Used for something moving continuously and steadily, forming a wide and flat surface, such as water (nước), wind (gió), smoke (khói) and waves (sóng): wisp; trail; puff

   làn gió ― a puff of wind

2. Used for something forming a thin, smooth layer on the outside, such as skin (da) or hair (tóc).

   làn da mịn màng ― smooth skin

Derived terms

• làn điệu
• làn sóng

 

Etymology 3

From English lane.

Noun

làn

1. lane (of a road)

   làn dành cho xe buýt ― bus lane

Derived terms

• làn đường