lân

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 磷 (“phosphorus”).

Noun

lân

  1. (dated) phosphorus
Usage notes
  • lân is only used in lân tinh (“phosphorus”, now dated), and when referring to fertilizer, as in NPK, also known as đạm-lân-kali ("nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium")
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Clipping of kì lân (“qilin”).

Noun

(classifier con) lân

  1. the qilin, one of the four sacred beasts, along with the dragon, the tortoise and the fenghuang

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

lân

  1. (only in compounds) to encroach

Welsh

Pronunciation

Adjective

lân

  1. Soft mutation of glân.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
glân lân nglân unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian land, lond, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lân n (plural lannen, diminutive lantsje)

  1. land
  2. country

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “lân”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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