bàn

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ban"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Romanization

bàn (ban4, Zhuyin ㄅㄢˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伴
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 办
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 半
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埾
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 姅
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 怑
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扮
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拌
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 湴
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓣
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秚
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 絆／绊
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 绊
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 辠
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 辦／办
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 辫
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉡／𰽰
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靽

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bán, from Proto-Celtic *bānos (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“shine”); Greek φᾱνός (phānós, “bright”); Sanskrit भानु (bhānú, “light”); further away is English bale (bale-fire).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bàn (genitive singular masculine bàin, genitive singular feminine bàine, nominative plural bàna, comparative bàine)

  1. white, pale, fair
    Synonyms: fionn, geal
    taigh bàn ― a white house
  2. fair, blond (hair)
    Tha falt bàn air Seumas. ― James has blond hair.

Declension

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative bàn bhàn bàna
Vocative bhàin bhàn bàna
Genitive bhàin bhàin/bàine bàna
Dative bhàn bhàin bàna

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)
     bàn, geal      glas      dubh
             dearg; ruadh              orainds; donn              buidhe; donn
             uaine              uaine              gorm
             liath; glas              liath              gorm
             purpaidh; guirmean              pinc; purpaidh              pinc

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bàn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 盤 (“plate; board game”).

Noun

(classifier chiếc, cái) bàn

  1. (furniture) a table
  2. (board games) Synonym of ván (“a game”)

Affix

bàn

  1. a board (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material)
    bàn thờ
    an altar
    (literally, “a worship board”)
    bàn tính
    an abacus
    (literally, “a calculation board”)
    bàn cầu cơ
    a Ouija board
    bàn cờ/phím
    a board-game board/keyboard
Derived terms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Tai Dam: ꪝꪱꪙ

Classifier

bàn

  1. (sports, games) indicates a single score or goal
    bàn thắng
    a goal
    thua 2 bàn
    to lose by two goals

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “consider 拌 as in 拌嘴 (bànzuǐ, “to bicker”) or 搬 as in 搬口 (“to tell stories”) or 盤 as in 盤問／盘问 (pánwèn) and 盤查／盘查 (pánchá, “to interrogate”).”

Verb

bàn • (𡂑)

  1. to discuss; to talk over
Derived terms
Derived terms

Wiyot

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βàn/
  • Hyphenation: bàn

Noun

bàn

  1. name

References

  • Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 81
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