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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

  1. (obsolete) plural simple present of have

Etymology 2

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From Korean 한(恨) (han), from Middle Chinese 恨 (MC honH).

Noun

han (uncountable)

  1. Sorrowful resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity.
Alternative forms
Translations

Anagrams

Albanian

Pronunciation

Noun

han m (plural hane, definite hani, definite plural hanet)

  1. khan
  2. (archaic) roadside shelter for travellers and their animals: roadside hostelry, caravanserai, inn
  3. (pejorative) fleabag hotel
  4. messy place with no control of who comes and who leaves, regular flophouse

Basque

Pronunciation

Adverb

han (not comparable)

  1. there (away from the speaker and the listener)

See also

Further reading

  • "han" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “han” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

han

  1. third-person plural present indicative of haver

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

Verb

han (irregular, third-person singular present hat, past tense hauw, past participle jehad, past subjunctive häu)

  1. (Ripuarian and Kölsch, auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tense)
  2. (same dialects, transitive) to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
  3. (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.”)
  4. (same dialects, transitive) to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
  5. (same dialects, transitive) to get (to receive)
  6. (same dialects, transitive) to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
  7. (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.”)
  8. (same dialects, impersonal, with het or 't) there be, there is, there are
  9. (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.”)
  10. (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

    conjugation of han in Kirchröadsj
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

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “han” in d'r nuie Kirchröadsjer Dieksiejoneer 2nd ed., 2017.

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

han f

  1. genitive plural of hana

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hann (dative hánum).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

han (genitive hans, accusative ham)

  1. he

See also

Danish personal pronouns
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

Noun

han c (singular definite hannen, plural indefinite hanner)

  1. male, he

Declension

Declension of han
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative han hannen hanner hannerne
genitive hans hannens hanners hannernes

References

Galician

Pronunciation

Verb

han

  1. third-person plural present indicative of haber

German

Verb

han

  1. (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)

Gun

Pronunciation

Noun

hàn

  1. song
    Synonym: òhàn

Derived terms

Gwich'in

Etymology

Cognate with Tlingit héen (“water, river”).

Noun

han

  1. river

Japanese

Romanization

han

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はん

Kaingang

Pronunciation

Verb

han (singular)

  1. (transitive) to do; to make
  2. (auxiliary) forms verbs from nouns
    asĩg han
    to sneeze

Khasi

Noun

han

  1. duck

Mandarin

Romanization

han

  1. Nonstandard spelling of hān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of hán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of hǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of hàn.

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

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of haven - Piers Plowman.

Nguôn

Pronunciation

Numeral

han

  1. two

Norman

Etymology

From Old Norse hampr.

Noun

han m (plural hans)

  1. (Jersey) galangal

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Adjective

han

  1. this
    Synonym: ev

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

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

han

  1. he, him

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

han

  1. he, him, it (third person singular, masculine)

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

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
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
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.


References

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronoun

han

  1. he / it (masculine nominative pronoun)

Descendants

  • Danish: han

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

han

  1. he
    han ær mīn vin ― he is my friend

Declension

Old Swedish personal pronouns
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

Portuguese

Adjective

han (invariable)

  1. Han Chinese (referring to the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)

Noun

han m (plural han or hans)

  1. Han Chinese (member of the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)

Rohingya

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

han

  1. ear

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”).

Noun

han n (plural hanuri)

  1. inn, caravanserai

Declension

Declension of han
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) han hanul (niște) hanuri hanurile
genitive/dative (unui) han hanului (unor) hanuri hanurilor
vocative hanule hanurilor

References

Russenorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk han (“he”).

Pronunciation

Unknown. Possible examples:

  • IPA(key): /han/, /haɲ/ (Norwegian accent)
  • IPA(key): /xan/, /xanʲ/ (Russian accent)

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).

Pronoun

han

  1. he

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

Etymology

From English hand.

Noun

han

  1. arm
  2. hand

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

Noun

hȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ха̑н)

  1. inn

Declension

Declension of han
singular plural
nominative hȃn hánovi
genitive hana hanova
dative hanu hanovima
accusative han hanove
vocative hane hanovi
locative hanu hanovima
instrumental hanom hanovima

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: han

Verb

han

  1. third-person plural present indicative of haber

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • 'an (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Old Swedish han, from Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

han

  1. he, the third person singular, masculine, nominative case.
    Han är mycket stilig
    He is very handsome
  2. (nonstandard in writing, common in speech) him
    Synonym: (standard) honom
    Jag såg han / Jag såg'an
    I saw him

Usage notes

See the usage notes for honom.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns
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
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

See also

References

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.

Verb

han

  1. to eat

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hand.

Noun

han

  1. hand
  2. arm
  3. foreleg (of an animal)
  4. wing (of a bird)
  5. branch (of a tree)
  6. branch (figurative)

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

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), probably of central Asian origin. Doublet of kağan and hakan.

Noun

han (definite accusative hanı, plural hanlar)

  1. khan

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).

Noun

han (definite accusative hanı, plural hanlar)

  1. inn (for caravans)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cây) han • (𧄊)

  1. Dendrocnide

Synonyms

Derived terms

Derived terms

Adjective

han • (𨫪)

  1. appeared to start to rust
    chiếc nồi đồng han xanh
    rusty green bronze pot

Verb

han • (𪡗, 𠻃)

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Anagrams

Yoruba

Alternative forms

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

Verb

hàn

  1. to appear, show; to be visible
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

hàn

  1. to scribble
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

hàn

  1. (Igbomina) to pluck leaves from a plant
    Synonym: já

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

hàn

  1. to snore
    Synonym: han-an-run
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Verb

han

  1. to scream loudly
    Synonym: ké

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

Verb

hán

  1. (Igbomina) Alternative form of wọ́n (“to catch something in the air”)
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