mắn

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (to be eager, SV: mẫn).

The mắn element as in mau mắn (quick) and may mắn (lucky) are probably unrelated to mắn đẻ, as both words exhibit the regular pattern of -ăn reduplication, deriving from the bases mau and may respectively.

Verb

mắn

  1. (only in compounds) to be eager to
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Combining form

mắn

  1. reduplicant of may, only used in may mắn
  2. reduplicant of mau, only used in mau mắn

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