han
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English han, contraction of haven.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hæn/, /heɪn/
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- (unstressed) IPA(key): /hən/
- Rhymes: -æn, -eɪn, -ən
Verb
han
- (obsolete) plural simple present of have
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:
- They han the fleece, and eke the flesh;
- 1614, William Browne, The Shepheards Pipe:
- Since that ye han had my virginitie,
- 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence:
- And his alluring Baits suspected han.
Etymology 2
From Korean 한(恨) (han), from Middle Chinese 恨 (MC honH).
Alternative forms
Translations
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hɑn]
Basque
Catalan
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- hann (most dialects)
Etymology
From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɑn/, [ɦɑn]
Verb
han (irregular, third-person singular present hat, past tense hauw, past participle jehad, past subjunctive häu)
- (Ripuarian and Kölsch, auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tense)
- (same dialects, transitive) to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
- (same dialects, transitive) to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
- Uur hat doa Floep va.
- You are afraid of that.
- (literally, “You have fear of that.”)
- (same dialects, transitive) to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
- (same dialects, transitive) to get (to receive)
- (same dialects, transitive) to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
- (same dialects, transitive, of units of measure) to contain, be composed of, equal
- Ing Menuut hat 60 Sekonde.
- There are 60 seconds in one minute.
- (literally, “One minute has 60 seconds.”)
- (same dialects, impersonal, with het or 't) there be, there is, there are
- (same dialects, with 't and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
- Iech han't nit zoeë mit Höng.
- I'm not a great fan of dogs.
- (literally, “I don't have it that much with dogs.”)
- (same dialects, with 't and uvver) to talk about
- Vier hauwe't juus uvver dienge Vrunk.
- We were just talking about your friend.
- (literally, “We just had it about your friend.”)
Conjugation
infinitive | han | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | — | ||||||
past participle | jehad | ||||||
gerund | — | ||||||
auxiliary | han | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person iech |
2nd person doe |
3rd person heë/zie/het |
1st person vier/vuur |
2nd person ier/uur |
3rd person zie | ||
indicative | present simple | han | has | hat | hant | hat hauwt |
hant |
preterite | hauw | hauwts | hauw | hauwe | häut hait |
hauwe | |
present perfect | han jehad | has jehad | hat jehad | hant jehad | hat jehad hauwt jehad |
hant jehad | |
past perfect | hauw jehad | hauwts jehad | hauw jehad | hauwe jehad | häut jehad hait jehad |
hauwe jehad | |
future simple | weëd han | weëds han | weëd han | weëde han | weëd han | weëde han | |
future perfect | weëd jehad han | weëds jehad han | weëd jehad han | weëde jehad han | weëd jehad han | weëde jehad han | |
conditional | simple | häu hai |
häuts haits |
häu hai |
häue haie |
— | häue haie |
present | jeuf han | jeufs han | jeuf han | jeuve han | jeuft han | jeuve han | |
perfect | häu jehad hai jehad |
häuts jehad haits jehad |
häu jehad hai jehad |
häue jehad haie jehad |
— | häue jehad haie jehad | |
imperative | affirmative | – | han | — | — | hat | — |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “han” in d'r nuie Kirchröadsjer Dieksiejoneer 2nd ed., 2017.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /han/, [hæn]
See also
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | mig | min | mit | mine |
Second | modern / informal | du | dig | din | dit | dine | |
formal | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | masculine (person) | han | ham | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hun | hende | hendes | ||||
common(noun) | den | dens | |||||
neuter(noun) | det | dets | |||||
reflexive | – | sig | sin | sit | sine | ||
Plural | First | modern | vi | os | vores | ||
archaic / formal | vor | vort | vore | ||||
Second | – | I | jer | jeres | |||
Third | – | de | dem | deres | |||
reflexive | – | sig |
References
- “han,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Declension
References
- “han,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
German
Verb
han
- (archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of haben
- 1812, Brothers Grimm, “Kinder- und Haus-Märchen”, in Der gescheidte Hans, page 138:
- Hansens Mutter spricht: „wohin Hans?“ Hans antwortet: „zur Grethel.“ – „Machs gut Hans“ – „Schon gut machen, Adies, Mutter“ – Hans kommt zur Grethel: „guten Tag Grethel.“ – „Guten Hans: was bringst du Gutes?“ – „Bring nichts, gegeben han.“
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Kaingang
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /han/, [hadn]
Khasi
Mandarin
Romanization
han
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
Etymology
Contracted infinitive and plural present of haven.
Verb
han
- (transitive) Alternative form of haven - Piers Plowman.
- (Can we date this quote?), Geoffrey Chaucer, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Him thanken all, and thus they han an end
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɑːn/
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “han”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 231
Norwegian Bokmål
See also
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
feminine | masculine | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
Second | general | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine | |
formal (rare) | De | Dem | Deres | |||||
Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | ||||
masculine (person) | han | ham / han | hans | |||||
feminine (noun) | den | dens | ||||||
masculine (noun) | ||||||||
neuter (noun) | det | dets | ||||||
reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine | ||
Plural | First | – | vi | oss | vår | vårt | våre | |
Second | general | dere | deres | |||||
formal (very rare) | De | Dem | Deres | |||||
Third | general | de | dem | deres | ||||
reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |
References
- “han” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɑnː/
Usage notes
Han is used to refer not only to masculine persons, but any masculine noun. E.g.: Bilen er fin. Eg likar han. - The car is nice. I like it.
In some dialects, han may precede a male given name or a difinite singular masculine noun. E.g: Kor vart det tå han Erik? (“Where did Erik disappeared?”)
See also
person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
References
- “han” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Danish
Descendants
- Danish: han
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- ᚼᛆᚿ
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhanː/
Declension
first person | second person | reflexive | third person | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | ||||||
nominative | iak, iæk | þū | — | han | hōn | þæt |
accusative | mik, mek | þik | sik | han | hana, hōna | þæt |
dative | mǣ(r), mik | þǣ(r), þik | sǣ(r), sik | hōnum, hānum | hænni | þȳ, þī |
genitive | mīn | þīn | sīn | hans | hænna(r) | þæs |
dual | ||||||
nominative | vit | it | — | — | — | — |
accusative | oker | *iker | sik | — | — | — |
dative | oker | *iker | sǣr, sik | — | — | — |
genitive | okar | *ikar | sīn | — | — | — |
plural | ||||||
nominative | vī(r) | ī(r) | — | þē(r) | þā(r) | þø̄n, þē(n) |
accusative | os, ōs | iþer | sik | þā | þā(r) | þø̄n, þē(n) |
dative | os, ōs | iþer | sǣr, sik | þēm, þø̄m, þom | þēm, þø̄m, þom | þēm, þø̄m, þom |
genitive | vār | iþar | sīn | þēra | þēra | þēra |
Descendants
- Swedish: han
Portuguese
Noun
- Han Chinese (member of the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)
Rohingya
Alternative forms
- (Arabic) حَنۡ
- (Bengali) হান
- (Myanmar) ဟန်
- (Hanifi) 𐴇𐴝𐴕 (han)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [han]
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”).
Declension
References
- han in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Russenorsk
Etymology
Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk han (“he”).
Pronunciation
Unknown. Possible examples:
There is no evidence of palatalization of the /n/-sound, although it should be there at least in the Northern Norwegian pronunciation.
There is also no known examples of the Russian pronunciation, where the letter h may be pronounced as /g/ (see gaf and gall).
References
- Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag, pages 113, 119
Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Usage notes
Only used to refer to a human; for an animal, the equivalent parts are all labelled as lek.
References
- Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73), Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
- Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xâːn/
- Rhymes: -âːn
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈan/ [ˈãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: han
Swedish
Alternative forms
- 'an (eye dialect)
Etymology
From Old Swedish han, from Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
han
Usage notes
See the usage notes for honom.
Declension
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common | neuter | plural | |||||
singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina |
References
Tok Pisin
Derived terms
References
- Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73), Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
- Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɑn/
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), probably of central Asian origin. Doublet of kağan and hakan.
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [haːŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [haːŋ˧˧]
Synonyms
- (Dendrocnide): mán
Derived terms
- han tím
- han voi
- lá han
Verb
han • (𪡗, 𠻃)
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Yoruba
Etymology 1
Compare with Ifè ŋà, Olukumi ghàn, Itsekiri ghàn and possibly Igala ñà, from Proto-Yoruba *ɣɪ̃ã̀, *ŋɪ̃ã̀ , from Proto-Edekiri *ɣɪ̃ã̀, *ŋɪ̃ã̀, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ŋɪ̃ã̀.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hã̀/
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hã̀/
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hã̀/
Etymology 4
Compare with Ifè ŋɔ́, Olukumi ghọn, Igala ñwọ̀, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɣɔ̃̀, *ŋɔ̃̀, from Proto-Edekiri *ɣɔ̃̀, *ŋɔ̃̀, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ŋʷɔ̃̀, Proto-Yoruboid *wɔ̃̀. See Proto-Bantu *gon, Igbo gwọ, Urhobo ahọnre
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hã̀/
Derived terms
- han-an-run
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hã̄/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hã́/