lẫn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集) as (MC mjenX) (modern SV: vấn) and (MC linH) (modern SV: lận). Attested as lẩn in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

Verb

lẫn

  1. to confuse; to mistake (one for another)
  2. to be confused; to be muddled; to be in one's dotage
  3. to be mixed up (with)

Derived terms

Adverb

lẫn

  1. each other; one another

Conjunction

lẫn

  1. (cảlẫn) (both …) and