ngàn
See also: ngan, ngân, Ngân, and ngắn
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- nghìn
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋaːn˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋaːŋ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋaːŋ˨˩]
Numeral
ngàn (𠦳)
- (chiefly Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, usually in compounds) thousand
- giấc ngủ ngàn thu
- an eternal slumber
- (literally, “a sleep of a thousand autumns”)
Noun
ngàn (𡶨)
- (literary) forest
Wiradhuri
Alternative forms
- nguñ
- ŋăĭn
Etymology
Compare Gamilaraay ngaay.
Noun
ngàn
- mouth (clarification of this definition is needed)