trăn

From Proto-Vietic *k-lən, from Proto-Austroasiatic *tlan. Cognate with Muong tlăn, Pacoh tulán, Khmer ថ្លាន់ (thlan, “python”), Bahnar klăn (“python”), Mon ကၠန် (klɔn, “python”), Car Nicobarese tu-lān (“python”). Possibly a doublet of thằn lằn.

Attested as tlan in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕan˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧]
• Homophones: trăng, chăn, chăng

(classifier con) trăn • (螓)

1. non-venomous constricting snake, as opposed to rắn (“non-constricting snake”): python, boa, anaconda, etc.