han

See also: Han and Appendix:Variations of "han"

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

(obsolete) plural simple present of have
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:
  They han the fleece, and eke the flesh;
- 1614, William Browne, The Shepheards Pipe:
  Since that ye han had my virginitie,
- 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence:
  And his alluring Baits suspected han.

Etymology 2

From Korean 한(恨) (han), from Middle Chinese 恨 (MC ɦən^H).

Noun

han (uncountable)

Resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity.

Translations

resentment as a part of the Korean cultural identity

Korean: 한(恨) (ko) (han)
Japanese: 恨 (ja) (han)

Anagrams

HNA, Nah., ahn, nah

Albanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [hɑn]

Noun

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

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

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Southern) /an/, [ãn]
IPA^(key): (Northern) /han/, [ɦãn]

Adverb

han (not comparable)

there (away from the speaker and the listener)

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈan/
Rhymes: -an

Verb

han

third-person plural present indicative form 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

IPA^(key): /hɑn/, [ɦɑn]

Verb

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

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

		singular			plural
infinitive		han
present participle		—
past participle		jehad
gerund		—
auxiliary		han
		1^st person iech	2^nd person doe	3^rd person heë/zie/het	1^st person vier/vuur	2^nd person ier/uur	3^rd 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

aahan
durchhan
Han
ihan
leefhan
oeshan
óphan
umhan
uvverhan
voethan
vuurhan

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɦan]

Noun

han f

genitive plural of hana

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hann (dative hánum).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /han/, [hæn]

Pronoun

han (genitive hans, accusative ham)

he

References

“han,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Noun

han c (singular definite hannen, plural indefinite hanner)

male, he

Inflection

Declension of han

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

References

“han,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /an/

Verb

han

third-person plural present indicative of haber

German

Verb

han

(archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of haben
- 1812, Brothers Grimm, Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, p.138 - Der gescheidte Hans
  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 quote)

Gun

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣã̀/

Noun

hàn

song
Synonym: òhàn

Derived terms

jì hàn (“to sing song”)

Gwich'in

Etymology

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

Noun

han

river

Japanese

Romanization

han

Rōmaji transcription of はん

Kaingang

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /han/, [hadn]

Verb

han (singular)

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

Khasi

Noun

han

duck

Mandarin

Romanization

han

Nonstandard spelling of hān.
Nonstandard spelling of hán.
Nonstandard spelling of hǎn.
Nonstandard spelling of hàn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology

Contracted infinitive and plural present of haven.

Verb

han

(transitive) Alternative form of haven - Piers Plowman.
- (Can we date this quote?), Geoffrey Chaucer, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  Him thanken all, and thus they han an end
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Nguôn

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haːn¹/

Numeral

han

two

Norman

Etymology

From Old Norse hampr.

Noun

han m (plural hans)

(Jersey) galangal

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɑːn/

Adjective

han

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /han/
Homophones: hann, hand
Rhymes: -an

Pronoun

han

he, him

References

“han” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɑnː/

Pronoun

han

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.

References

“han” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronoun

han

he / it (masculine nominative pronoun)

Descendants

Danish: han

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronoun

han

he

Declension

Old Swedish personal pronouns

singular
	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	iak, iæk	þū	—	han	hōn	þæt
accusative	mik	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

Swedish: han

Portuguese

Adjective

han (invariable)

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

Noun

han m (plural han or hans)

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

Rohingya

Alternative forms

(Arabic) حَنۡ‎
(Bengali) হান
(Myanmar) ဟန်
(Hanifi) 𐴇𐴝𐴕‎ (han)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [han]

Noun

han

ear

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

han n (plural hanuri)

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

han in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

From English hand.

Noun

han

arm
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 ‎ (xan, “caravanserai”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xâːn/
Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

hȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ха̑н)

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/ [ˈãn]
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: han

Verb

han

third-person plural present indicative of haber

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hanː/
audio (file)
Homophone: hann

Pronoun

han

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

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	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
	second	archaic	I	eder	eder, eders⁶	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom³	dem, dom³	deras
	third	reflexive	—	sig, sej³	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

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

Tetum

Etymology

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

Verb

han

to eat

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hand.

Noun

han

hand
arm
foreleg (of an animal)
wing (of a bird)
branch (of a tree)
branch (figurative)

Derived terms

hanwara

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

IPA^(key): /hɑn/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

han (definite accusative hanı, plural hanlar)

khan

Etymology 2

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

Noun

han (definite accusative hanı, plural hanlar)

inn (for caravans)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haːn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [haːŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [haːŋ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cây) han • (𧄊)

Dendrocnide

Synonyms

(Dendrocnide): mán

Derived terms

han tím
han voi
lá han

Adjective

han • (𨫪)

rusty (clarification of this definition is needed)

Verb

han • (𪡗, 𠻃)

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Anagrams

anh, nha

han

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Etymology 2

Noun

Translations

Anagrams

Albanian

Pronunciation

Noun

Basque

Pronunciation

Adverb

See also

Further reading

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

See also

References

Noun

Inflection

References

Galician

Pronunciation

Verb

German

Verb

Gun

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Gwich'in

Etymology

Noun

Japanese

Romanization

Kaingang

Pronunciation

Verb

Khasi

Noun

Mandarin

Romanization

Usage notes

Middle English

Etymology

Verb

Nguôn

Pronunciation

Numeral

Norman

Etymology

Noun

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Adjective

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

See also