trăn

See also: tran, Tran, trán, trần, Trần, and trận

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese tlan, from Proto-Vietic *k-lən, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁lan;[1] cognates include Muong tlăn, Pacoh tulán. Khmer ថ្លាន់ (thlan, “python”), Bahnar klăn (“python”), Mon ကၠန် (klɔn, “python”), Car Nicobarese tu-lān (“python”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕan˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧]
Homophones: trăng, chăn, chăng

Noun

(classifier con) trăn • (螓)

a non-venomous constricting snake, as opposed to a rắn (“non-constricting snake”); a python, a boa, an anaconda, etc.

References

Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. #1205, p. 332

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