ห่าน

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *haːnᴮ (goose). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຫ່ານ (hān), ᦠᦱᧃᧈ (ḣaan¹), Tai Dam ꪬ꪿ꪱꪙ, Tai Dón ꪬꪱꪙꫀ, Shan ႁၢၼ်ႇ (hàan), Phake ꩭꩫ် (han), Ahom 𑜑𑜃𑜫 (han), Zhuang hanq. Compare Middle Chinese (MC ngaenH, “wild goose”), Proto-Mon-Khmer *haan (goose), Proto-Khmuic *haːn (goose).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicห่าน
hˋān
RomanizationPaiboonhàan
Royal Institutehan
(standard) IPA(key)/haːn˨˩/(R)

Noun

ห่าน • (hàan)

  1. goose.
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