bàn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ban"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

ban (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Romanization

bàn (ban⁴, Zhuyin ㄅㄢˋ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伴.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 办.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 半.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埾.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 姅.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 怑.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扮.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拌.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 湴.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓣.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秚.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 絆／绊.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 绊.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 辠.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 辦／办.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 辫.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉡／𰽰.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靽.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bán, from Proto-Celtic *bānos (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“shine”); Greek φᾱνός (phānós, “bright”); Sanskrit भानु (bhānú, “light”); further away is English bale (bale-fire).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːn/

Adjective

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

white, pale, fair
taigh bàn ― a white house
fair, blond (hair)
Tha falt bàn air Seumas. ― James has blond hair.

Declension

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	bàn	bhàn	bàna
Vocative	bhàin	bhàn	bàna
Genitive	bhàin	bhàin/bàine	bàna
Dative	bhàn	bhàin	bàna

Synonyms

fionn
geal

Derived terms

comhachag-bhàn f (“snowy owl”)
corra-bhàn f (“stork”)
còta-bàn m (“petticoat”)
iolair-bhàn f (“sea eagle”)
lèine bhàn f (“white tissue lining eggshell”)
talamh bàn m (“fallow ground”)

References

Edward Dwelly (1911), “bàn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːn˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 盤. The “game” sense is borrowed from Chinese directly; compare ván, a colloquial loan from the same Chinese source.

Noun

(classifier chiếc, cái) bàn

table; desk; board

Derived terms

bàn cờ

Descendants

→ Tai Dam: ꪝꪱꪙ

Classifier

bàn

Used for games.

Verb

bàn • (𡂑)

to discuss; to talk over

Derived terms

bàn bạc
bàn cãi
bàn tán

Wiyot

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /βàn/
Hyphenation: bàn

Noun

bàn

name

References

Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 81