# làn
## Eastern Maninkakan
### Alternative scripts

* ߟߊ߲߬ (nko)

### Verb

làn
* to sow, plant

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* lan — nonstandard

### Romanization

làn (lan$^4$, Zhuyin ㄌㄢˋ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚂／𰈓
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壏／𰊑
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濫／滥
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爛／烂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 煈／𮳠
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爁／𬊶
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燗
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爤
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓓／𬎑
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 纜／缆
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 缆
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 覻／𰴞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 連／连
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑭／镧
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 镧
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 闌／阑
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔋／𪟎

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l̪ˠaːn/
* (Lewis) IPA: [l̪ˠɑ̃ːn]

### Adjective

làn (genitive singular masculine làin, genitive singular feminine làine, nominative plural làna, comparative làine)
* full, absolute, entire, big

#### Declension

| Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
| Nominative | làn | làn | làna |
| Vocative | làin | làn | làna |
| Genitive | làin | làin/làine | làna |
| Dative | làn | làin | làna |

#### Derived terms

* làn-thìde, làn-ùine (“full-time”, adjective)
* muir-làn m (“high tide”)

### Noun

làn m (genitive singular làin, plural làin)
* fill
    Fhuair e a làn de bhrot. ― He got his fill of broth.
    Ghabh mi làn beòil uisge. ― I took a mouthful of water.
    Bha làn dùirn de bhuinn aca uile. ― They all had a handful of coins.
* tide (high tide)

#### Derived terms

* làn-mara m (“high tide”)

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [laːn˨˩]
* (Huế) IPA: [laːŋ˦˩]
* (Saigon) IPA: [laːŋ˨˩]
* Homophone: làng (South Vietnam)
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

(classifier chiếc, cái) làn • (籃, 𬅉)
* handled handbasket with a flat bottom and wide mouth, made from rattan, rush, bamboo or plastics
    xách làn đi chợ ― to carry a hand-basket to the market

### Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Vietic *p-laːɲ; compare *p-laːɲ's reflex tràn (“to overflow”), as well as lan (“to spread”), another possible cognate. For phonological analogies, compare triplets lè, le, & thè from *t-lɛːl (“to stick out tongue”).
Unlikely non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 瀾 (“ripple, wave, overflowing”, SV: lan); as the expected initial should have been *r- (for an analogy, non-SV rường vs. SV lương from 樑 (OC *raŋ) (B-S)).

#### Classifier

làn • (瀾, 𡔔, 灡, 󱞉, 𬞕)
* Used for something moving continuously and steadily, forming a wide and flat surface, such as water (nước), wind (gió), smoke (khói) and waves (sóng): wisp; trail; puff
    làn gió ― a puff of wind
* Used for something forming a thin, smooth layer on the outside, such as skin (da) or hair (tóc).
    làn da mịn màng ― smooth skin

##### Derived terms

* làn điệu
* làn sóng

### Etymology 3

From English lane.

#### Noun

làn
* lane (of a road)
    làn dành cho xe buýt ― bus lane

##### Derived terms

* làn đường