rận

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ran"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) trấn

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *m-rəɲʔ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ʔmrəɲʔ (“body louse”). Cognate with Arem ⁿrìɲˀ, Pacoh ntréinh, Khmu [Cuang] tmbriɲ ("gnat"), Khasi jynreiñ.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zən˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐəŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹəŋ˨˩˨]
  • Audio (Saigon):(file)

Noun

(classifier con) rận • (𧋅, 𧎠, 𧏶, 𬠨)

  1. body louse (Pediculus humanus)

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.