# ban
## Translingual
### Symbol

ban
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Balinese.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Balinese terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /bæn/
* (General Australian) IPA: /bæːn/
* (æ-tensing) IPA: [bɛən], [beən]
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æn

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English bannen (“to summon; to banish; to curse”), partly from Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim, call out”), from Proto-West Germanic *bannan; and partly from Old Norse banna (“to prohibit; to curse”), both from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban; to curse, forbid”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-new-ti ~ bʰh₂-n̥w-énti, innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade athematic present of *bʰeh₂- (“to say”).
Cognate with Dutch bannen (“to ban, exile, discard”), German bannen (“to exile, to exorcise, captivate, excommunicate”), Swedish banna (“to ban, scold”), Vedic Sanskrit भनति (bhánati), Armenian բան (ban) and perhaps Albanian banoj (“to reside, dwell”). See also banal, abandon.

#### Verb

ban (third-person singular simple present bans, present participle banning, simple past and past participle banned)
* (transitive, obsolete) To summon; to call out.
* (transitive) To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
* (transitive) To curse; to execrate.
** c. 1555, Hugh Latimer, a sermon:
    They will curse and ban […] even into the deep pit of hell, all that gainsay their appetite.
* (transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
** 1816, Lord Byron, The Prisoner of Chillon:To whom the goodly earth and air Are banned
** 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in The Guardian:Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
** 2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again.
** 2024 September 23, Soumya Karlamangla, “California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired”, in The New York Times‎:Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sunday banning the sale at grocery checkouts of all plastic bags, regardless of thickness.
    Bare feet are banned in this establishment.
* (ambitransitive) To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
** 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC::“I seldom ban, sir,” said he to the man; “but if you play any of your hound's-foot tricks, and leave puir Berwick before he's sorted, to rin after spuilzie, deil be wi' me if I do not give your craig a thraw”

##### Synonyms

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* forbid
* prohibit
* disallow

##### Antonyms

* allow
* permit

##### Derived terms

* forban
* shadowban

##### Translations
#### Noun

ban (plural bans)
* Prohibition.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:That sacred fruit, sacred to abstinence, Much more to taste it under ban to touch
** 2024 September 23, Soumya Karlamangla, “California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired”, in The New York Times‎:California has been on the forefront of plastic bag bans. In 2007, Mr. Newsom, as mayor of San Francisco, signed a law that made the city the first in the nation to ban plastic bags in grocery stores.
* A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.
** 1641, John Rastell, translated by William Rastell, Termes de la Lay, 37b:Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any publike notice.
* The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban.
** 1591, published 1847, Henry Unton, Correspondence of Sir Henry Unton, knt., Ambassador from Queen Elizabeth to Henry IV. King of France, in the years MDXCI. and MDXCII., page 54:
    […] he hath sente abroade to assemble his van and arriere van; wherby, and with the reste of his forces, he prepareth him selfe to enter this countrey; […]
** 1671, John Crowne, Juliana, or, The princess of Poland a tragicomedy, as it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke of York's theatre, Act I, page 8:[…] all the Ban and the Arrierban, are met arm’d in the field, to choose a King […]
** 1683, William Temple, chapter I, in Memoirs of what past in Christendom, from the War begun 1672, to the Peace concluded 1679:France was at such a Pinch for Men, […] that they call’d their Ban and Arriere Ban, the assembling whereof had been long disus’ed, and in a Manner antiquated.
** 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, chapter II, part II:The ban was sometimes convoked, that is, the possessors of the fiefs were called upon for military service in subsequent ages; but with more of ostentation than real efficiency.
** 1874, Charles Boutell, chapter 7, in Arms And Armour In Antiquity And The Middle Ages, page 98:The act of calling together the vassals in armed array, was entitled “convoking the ban”—“convoquer le ban.”
* (obsolete) A curse or anathema.
** c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:With Hecate's ban thrice blasted, thrice infected
* A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.

##### Derived terms

* antiban
* argatroban
* ban hammer
* ban-hound
* bannable
* banner
* ban-the-bomber
* banworthy
* black ban
* blanket ban
* bonk ban
* centiban
* exit ban
* fissban
* ghostban
* green ban
* hellban
* instaban
* kickban
* overtime ban
* permaban
* preban
* reban
* shadowban
* stealthban
* total fire ban
* unban
* -xaban

##### Translations
#### See also

* banns

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romanian ban of uncertain origin, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian bân.

#### Noun

ban (plural bani)
* A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.
* A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

From Banburismus; coined by Alan Turing.

#### Noun

ban (plural bans)
* A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.

##### Synonyms

* dit, hartley

##### Derived terms

* deciban

##### See also

* bit, nat, qubit

### Etymology 4

From South Slavic (compare Serbo-Croatian bȃn), from Proto-Slavic *banъ; see there for more.

#### Noun

ban (plural bans)
* A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.

##### Related terms

* banat, banate, Banat

##### Translations
### Anagrams

* -nab, -nab-, ABN, BNA, NAB, NBA, nab, nab-

## Bambara
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bã˦]

### Verb

ban
* to finish

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈban]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ban m (plural bans)
* ban (a public proclamation or edict)

##### Derived terms

* bandejar

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ban m (plural bans)
* ban (a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century)

##### Derived terms

* banat

### Further reading

* “ban” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ban”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “ban” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “ban” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chibcha
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /βan/

### Noun

ban
* shame, sorrow, outrage

### References

* Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
* Quesada Pacheco, Miguel Ángel. 1991. El vocabulario mosco de 1612. En estudios de Lingüística Chibcha. Programa de investigación del departamento de lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Serie Anual Tomo X San José (Costa Rica). Universidad de Costa Rica.
* Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico Gramática de Lugo. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

## Chinese
### Alternative forms

* band

### Etymology

From English ban.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): ben$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ben$^1$
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ben$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛːn⁵⁵/

### Verb

ban
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet) to ban
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to reject (ideas, proposals, suggestions, etc.)
    ban橋／ban桥 [Cantonese] ― ben$^1$ kiu$^{4-2}$ [Jyutping] ― to reject an idea

#### Synonyms

* (to reject): foul

## Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ban. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ban
* Rhymes: -ɑn

#### Noun

ban m (plural bannen)
* excommunication, denunciation, shunning
* anathema which is cast upon one who is excommunicated
* magic spell
* (historical) legal or feudal domain
* (historical) public declaration
* (archaic) exile

##### Derived terms

* balling
* banneling
* huwelijksban

##### Related terms

* banaal

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ban.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛn/
* Hyphenation: ban
* Rhymes: -ɛn
* Homophone: ben

#### Noun

ban m (plural bans)
* a revocation of permission to access or participate
    Synonym: toegangsverbod
    De forumgebruiker die zich heeft misdragen heeft een ban gekregen.The forum user that misbehaved has been given a ban.

##### Usage notes

Mostly common within internet communities.

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑn/

#### Verb

ban
* inflection of bannen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛn/

#### Verb

ban
* inflection of bannen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑ̃/
* Homophones: banc, bancs, bans

### Etymology 1

From Old French ban, from Frankish *ban.

#### Noun

ban m (plural bans)
* (dated) public declaration
* (dated) announcement of a marriage; banns
* (East of France, Belgium) territory

##### Derived terms

* arrière-ban
* en rupture de ban
* mettre au ban
* bannière
* banal
* banir
* bannissement
* banlieue
* abandon
* abandonner
* abandonné
* forban

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bȃn. See English ban.

#### Noun

ban m (plural bans)
* ban (nobleman)

### Further reading

* “ban”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* Nelly Andrieux-Reix (1989) Ancien français : Fiches de vocabulaire, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, →ISBN, page 22

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bã/

### Verb

ban
* give

#### Synonyms

* ba
* bay

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of ban – see 屘 (“the youngest”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 屘).

## Iberian
### Etymology

Often compared to Basque bat and Proto-Basque *bade (“one, some”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ban]

### Numeral

ban
* one

### Further reading

* Eduardo Orduña [Aznar], Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco
* Joan Ferrer i Jané, El sistema de numerales ibérico: avances en su conocimiento
* Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Dutch band, from Middle Dutch bant.
* The sense “band” is a semantic loan from English band.

#### Alternative forms

* band (1901–1947, colloquial)

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian)
** IPA: /ˈban/ [ˈban]
*** Rhymes: -an
** IPA: (especially of sense 5) /ˈbɛn/ [ˈbɛn]
*** Rhymes: -ɛn
* Syllabification: ban

#### Noun

ban (plural ban-ban)
* tyre, tire
    Synonym: tayar (Standard Malay)
* tape
    Synonym: pita
* belt
    Synonyms: ikat pinggang, sabuk
* (physics) band (a part of the electromagnetic spectrum)
    Synonym: pita
* band (group of musicians)

##### Derived terms

* ban berjalan
* ban dalam
* ban luar

##### Related terms

* perban

### Etymology 2

From Dutch baan, from Middle Dutch bāne, from Old Dutch *bana, from Proto-Germanic *banō.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈban/ [ˈban]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: ban

#### Noun

ban (plural ban-ban)
* (uncommon) road, way, path
    Synonyms: jalan, jalur
* (uncommon) a track, lane
    Synonym: lintasan
* (sports, ball games) court, field (place for playing sports or games, in particular non-team ball games)

### Etymology 3

From English ban.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbɛn/ [ˈbɛn]
* Rhymes: -ɛn
* Syllabification: ban

#### Noun

ban
* (Internet slang) a ban
    Synonym: blok

#### Verb

ban
* (Internet slang) to ban
    Synonym: blokir

### Further reading

* “ban” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bˠan̪ˠ/, /bˠanˠ/

### Noun

ban f pl
* genitive plural of bean

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ban”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Japanese
### Romanization

ban
* Rōmaji transcription of ばん
* Rōmaji transcription of バン

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Bahn. Compare Greater Polish bana and Silesian bana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈban/
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: ban

### Noun

ban m inan
* train
    Synonyms: cuch, pòcąg

#### Derived terms

* banowi

### Further reading

* Sychta, Bernard (1976) “ban”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volume 7 (Suplement), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 6
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “pociąg”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “ban”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Maguindanao
### Noun

ban
* sneeze

## Mandarin
### Romanization

ban
* Nonstandard spelling of bān.
* Nonstandard spelling of bǎn.
* Nonstandard spelling of bàn.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Mapudungun
### Noun

ban (Raguileo spelling)
* death

### Verb

ban (Raguileo spelling)
* To die.
* first-person singular realis form of ban; I died; I have died.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only usable with free personal pronouns.
$^1$Only usable with free personal pronouns.

### References

* Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

## Maranao
### Verb

ban
* to sneeze

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ban
* Alternative form of bane

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ban
* (Early Middle English) Alternative form of bon

## North Frisian
### Verb

ban
* first-person singular present of weese

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

Related to Persian بام (bâm).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑːn/

### Noun

ban ?
* roof

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

ban
* imperative of bane (Etymology 3)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.

### Noun

ban n
* (dialectal) alternative form of barn (“child”)

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bain, Proto-Germanic *bainą.
Cognate with Old Frisian bēn (West Frisian bien), Old Saxon bēn (Low German been, bein), Dutch been (“bone, leg”), Old High German bein (German Bein (“leg”)), Old Norse bein (Icelandic bein (“bone”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑːn/

### Noun

bān n (nominative plural bān)
* bone
* ivory

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* bānhūs
* bānlēas
* hryċġbān
* sċinbān

#### Descendants

* Middle English: bon, ban, bane, bone, boon
** English: bone
** Geordie English: byen
** Scots: bane, bain, bean, been
** Yola: bane

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ban/

### Noun

ban
* genitive dual/plural of ben

### Verb

ban
* first-person plural imperative of is

#### Alternative forms

* baán

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## O'odham
### Etymology

Cognate with Southeastern Tepehuan bhan, Northern Tepehuan bánai.

### Noun

ban (plural ba꞉ban)
* coyote

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese vambora.

### Interjection

ban
* let’s go

## Phalura
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Urdu بَنْد (band), from Persian بند (band).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ban/

### Adjective

ban (invariable, Perso-Arabic spelling بن)
* closed
* blocked, stopped

#### Alternative forms

* band

### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ban”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈban/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: ban

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Romanian ban.

#### Noun

ban m animal
* ban (subdivision of currency)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ban, from Middle English bannen (“to summon; to bannish; to curse”), partly from Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim, call out”) and partly from Old Norse banna (“to prohibit; to curse”), both from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban; to curse, forbid”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-new-ti ~ bʰh₂-n̥w-énti, innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade athematic present of *bʰeh₂- (“to say”).

#### Noun

ban m animal
* (Internet) ban

##### Derived terms

* banować
* zbanować

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ban, from Late Proto-Slavic *banъ, from Turkic.

#### Noun

ban m pers
* ban (title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* ban in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ban in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ban.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɐ̃/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɐ̃/

### Noun

ban
* (Internet slang) ban (block from interacting in an internet community)

#### See also

* banimento

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* бан (ban) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Medieval Latin *bannus (“communication”), perhaps through a German intermediate. Other theories derive the word from Proto-Slavic *banъ (“master, lord”) (via Serbo-Croatian or Hungarian). Ultimate Mongolian origin (баян (bajan, “rich lord; plutocrat”)) has also been proposed.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ban/
* Rhymes: -an

### Noun

ban m (plural bani)
* money; coin
* ban (unit of currency, one hundredth of a leu)

#### Usage notes

Usually used in the plural form, bani

#### See also

* bancnotă (“paper money, bank note”)
* monedă

### References

* ↑ http://webdex.ro/etimologic/ban
* ↑ Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Late Proto-Slavic *banъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bâːn/
* Rhymes: -âːn

### Noun

bȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑н)
* ban (title)

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 盤 / 盘 (pôaⁿ, “tray, plate, dish”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈban/ [ˈban̪]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: ban

### Noun

ban (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔)
* (rare) wheel
    Synonyms: gulong, ruweda

## Tarifit
### Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بان (bān).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

ban (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵏ)
* (intransitive) to appear, to emerge

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Related terms

* biyyen (“to show”)
* lbiyyina (“evidence”)

## Tày
### Etymology

Cognate with Lao ບານ (bān), Thai บาน (baan).

### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ɓaːn˧˥]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ɓaːn˦]

### Adjective

ban (班)
* well-developed; husky
    slao ban ― busty girl
    bâư ban ― leaf reaching the bánh tẻ stage

#### Derived terms

* ban búm
* bông ban

### References

* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓaːn˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓaːŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓaːŋ˧˧]

### Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 班.

#### Noun

ban
* (historical) branch of administration in the feudal court (of which there are two types: the civil administrators and the martial office holders)
* group (of people doing the same work); band; board; squad; committee
* shift; work period
* (only in compounds) time period; section of the day
    Synonym: buổi
    ban trưa ― noon
* (dated) (college-level) subject; (academic) department

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

(classifier cây, hoa) ban
* orchid tree (Bauhinia variegata)

### Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 斑.

#### Noun

ban
* (medicine) rash

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from French balle. Related to banh; see there for more details.

#### Noun

ban
* (Central Vietnam) ball made from rubber

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

ban
* (colloquial) Alternative form of pan

### Etymology 6

Sino-Vietnamese word from 頒.

#### Verb

ban
* (archaic) to confer on; to bestow
* (archaic) to announce; to herald; to proclaim

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bain.

### Noun

ban (nominative plural bans)
* bath

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Derived terms

* banön

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Middle Welsh bann, from Proto-Brythonic *bann, from Proto-Celtic *bandā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ban/
* Rhymes: -an

### Noun

ban m (plural bannau or bannoedd)
* peak, summit
* point, principle
    Synonyms: pwnc, testun

#### Derived terms

* Pen y Fan
* Bannau Brycheiniog (“Brecon Beacons”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ban”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## Yagara
### Adjective

ban
* dirty
* nasty
* very angry

### References

* State Library of Queensland, ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES OF THE GREATER BRISBANE AREA, 16 March 2015.

## Zazaki
### Noun

ban
* dome, cupola
* room

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ban˧˩/

### Noun

bàn
* arm

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41