bàn

Romanization

bàn (Zhuyin ㄅㄢˋ)

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

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. white, pale, fair

   taigh bàn ― a white house

2. fair, blond (hair)

   Tha falt bàn air Seumas. ― James has blond hair.

See also

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “bán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɓaːn˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɓaːŋ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɓaːŋ˨˩]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *baan (“pedestal dish”), from Chinese 盤 (OC *baːn, “dish; tray”) (SV: bàn); cognate with Muong pàn (“table”), Khmer ពាន (piən, “pedestal dish”) and Mon ဗာန် (pàn, “pedestal dish”). The “game” sense is borrowed from Chinese directly; compare ván, a colloquial loan from the same Chinese source.

Etymology 2