# han
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English han, contraction of haven.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hæn/, /heɪn/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (unstressed) IPA: /hən/
* Rhymes: -æn, -eɪn

#### Verb

han
* (obsolete) plural simple present of have
** 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:They han the fleece, and eke the flesh;
** 1614, William Browne, The Shepheards Pipe:Since that ye han had my virginitie,
** 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence:And his alluring Baits suspected han.
** 1976, “Howfen Wakes” (track 1), in Howfen Wakes‎, performed by The Houghton Weavers:Ee lads 'an ya fowt? Nay, we'n not fowt yet.

### Etymology 2

From Korean 한(恨) (han), from Middle Chinese 恨 (MC honH).

#### Noun

han (uncountable)
* Sorrowful resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity.

##### Alternative forms

* haan

##### Translations
### Anagrams

* NAH, Nah., anh., nah, ahn, HNA

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [hɑn]

### Noun

han m (plural hane, definite hani, definite plural hanet)
* khan
* (archaic) roadside shelter for travellers and their animals: roadside hostelry, caravanserai, inn
* (derogatory) fleabag hotel
* messy place with no control of who comes and who leaves, regular flophouse

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: (Southern) /an/, [ãn]
* IPA: (Northern) /han/, [ɦãn]

### Adverb

han (not comparable)
* there (away from the speaker and the listener)

#### See also

* hemen, hor

### Further reading

* “han”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “han”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈan]
* Rhymes: -an

### Verb

han
* third-person plural present indicative of haver

## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* hann (most dialects)

### Etymology

From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɑn/, [ɦɑn]

### Verb

han (irregular, third-person singular present hat, past tense hauw, past participle jehad, past subjunctive häu)
* (Ripuarian and Kölsch, auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tense)
* (same dialects, transitive) to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
* (same dialects, transitive) to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
    Uur hat doa Floep va.You are afraid of that.(literally, “You have fear of that.”)
* (same dialects, transitive) to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
* (same dialects, transitive) to get (to receive)
* (same dialects, transitive) to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
* (same dialects, transitive, of units of measure) to contain, be composed of, equal
    Ing Menuut hat 60 Sekonde.There are 60 seconds in one minute.(literally, “One minute has 60 seconds.”)
* (same dialects, impersonal, with het or 't) there be, there is, there are
* (same dialects, with 't and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
    Iech han't nit zoeë mit Höng.I'm not a great fan of dogs.(literally, “I don't have it that much with dogs.”)
* (same dialects, with 't and uvver) to talk about
    Vier hauwe't juus uvver dienge Vrunk.We were just talking about your friend.(literally, “We just had it about your friend.”)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | han | han | han | han | han | han |
| present participle | present participle | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| past participle | past participle | jehad | jehad | jehad | jehad | jehad | jehad |
| gerund | gerund | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| auxiliary | auxiliary | han | han | han | han | han | han |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person iech | 2nd person doe | 3rd person heë/zie/het | 1st person vier/vuur | 2nd person ier/uur | 3rd person zie |
| indicative | present simple | han | has | hat | hant | hat hauwt | hant |
| indicative | preterite | hauw | hauwts | hauw | hauwe | häut hait | hauwe |
| indicative | present perfect | han jehad | has jehad | hat jehad | hant jehad | hat jehad hauwt jehad | hant jehad |
| indicative | past perfect | hauw jehad | hauwts jehad | hauw jehad | hauwe jehad | häut jehad hait jehad | hauwe jehad |
| indicative | future simple | weëd han | weëds han | weëd han | weëde han | weëd han | weëde han |
| indicative | future perfect | weëd jehad han | weëds jehad han | weëd jehad han | weëde jehad han | weëd jehad han | weëde jehad han |
| conditional | simple | häu hai | häuts haits | häu hai | häue haie | — | häue haie |
| conditional | present | jeuf han | jeufs han | jeuf han | jeuve han | jeuft han | jeuve han |
| conditional | perfect | häu jehad hai jehad | häuts jehad haits jehad | häu jehad hai jehad | häue jehad haie jehad | — | häue jehad haie jehad |
| imperative | affirmative | – | han | — | — | hat | — |

#### Derived terms

* aahan
* durchhan
* Han
* ihan
* leefhan
* oeshan
* umhan
* uvverhan
* voethan
* vuurhan
* óphan

#### Descendants

* Hunsrik: hon
* Kölsch: han
* Luxembourgish: hunn

### Further reading

* “han” in d'r nuie Kirchröadsjer Dieksiejoneer 2nd ed., 2017.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦan]

### Noun

han f
* genitive plural of hana

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse hann (dative hánum).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /han/, [hæn]

### Pronoun

han (genitive hans, accusative ham)
* he

#### See also

| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive |
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | common | neuter | plural |
| Singular | First | – | jeg | mig | min | mit | mine |
| Singular | Second | modern / informal | du | dig | din | dit | dine |
| Singular | Second | formal (uncommon) | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Singular | Third | masculine (person) | han | ham | hans | hans | hans |
| Singular | Third | feminine (person) | hun | hende | hendes | hendes | hendes |
| Singular | Third | common (noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | neuter (noun) | det | det | dets | dets | dets |
| Singular | Third | indefinite | man | en | ens | ens | ens |
| Singular | Third | reflexive | – | sig | sin | sit | sine |
| Plural | First | modern | vi | os | vores | vores | vores |
| Plural | First | archaic / formal | vi | os | vor | vort | vore |
| Plural | Second | – | I | jer | jeres | jeres | jeres |
| Plural | Third | – | de | dem | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Third | reflexive | – | sig | deres | deres | deres |

#### References

* “han,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Noun

han c (singular definite hannen, plural indefinite hanner)
* male, he

#### References

* “han,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /an/

### Verb

han
* third-person plural present indicative of haber

## German
### Verb

han
* (archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of haben
** 1812, Brothers Grimm, “Kinder- und Haus-Märchen”, in Der gescheidte Hans, page 138:Hansens Mutter spricht: „wohin Hans?“ Hans antwortet: „zur Grethel.“ – „Machs gut Hans“ – „Schon gut machen, Adies, Mutter“ – Hans kommt zur Grethel: „guten Tag Grethel.“ – „Guten Hans: was bringst du Gutes?“ – „Bring nichts, gegeben han.“(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Gun
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣã̀/

### Noun

hàn
* song
    Synonym: òhàn

#### Derived terms

* jì hàn (“to sing song”)

## Gwich'in
### Etymology

Cognate with Tlingit héen (“water, river”).

### Noun

han
* river

## Japanese
### Romanization

han
* Rōmaji transcription of はん

## Kaingang
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /han/, [hadn]

### Verb

han (singular)
* (transitive) to do; to make
* (auxiliary) forms verbs from nouns
    asĩg hanto sneeze

### References

* Ursula Gojtéj Wiesemann (2011) “han”, in Dicionário Kaingang-Português Português-Kaingang‎, 2nd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Curitiba: Editora Esperança, page 23.

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈhan/ [ˈhʌn]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: han

### Article

han
* Pronunciation variant of san.

#### Synonyms

Southern / Central :
| Mt. Province | Tadian | san, (Lubon) han, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) han |
| Mt. Province | Bauko | san, (Banao, Bila, Otucan) han |
| Mt. Province | Sabangan | san, (Tambingan, Supang, Data, Lagan, Losad, Poblacion) san, (Bun-ayan, Pingad, Bao-angan, Camatagan, Napua, Gayang, Capinitan, Busa, Namatec) han |
| Northern / Applai |||
| Mt. Province | Sagada | san |

## Khasi
### Noun

han
* duck

## Mandarin
### Romanization

han
* Nonstandard spelling of hān.
* Nonstandard spelling of hán.
* Nonstandard spelling of hǎn.
* Nonstandard spelling of hàn.

#### 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.

## Middle English
### Etymology

Contracted infinitive and plural present of haven.

### Verb

han
* (transitive) Alternative form of haven - Piers Plowman.
** (Can we date this quote?), Geoffrey Chaucer, (Please provide the book title or journal name):Him thanken all, and thus they han an end(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Middle High German
### Alternative forms

* haben

### Etymology

Inherited from Old High German habēn, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈhaːn/

### Verb

hān (irregular, third-person singular present hāt, past tense habete, past participle gehabet, auxiliary hān)
* to have

#### Descendants

* Alemannic German: haa, ha, heen, hoh, hä, häbä, hè
    Swabian: hau
* Bavarian: hoom, hobm, hobn, hom, ho, hob
    Cimbrian: haban, hen, håm
    Mòcheno: hom
    Northern Bavarian: [hɔm]
* Central Franconian: han, hann (most dialects)
** Hunsrik: hon
** Kölsch: han
** Luxembourgish: hunn
* East Central German:
    Erzgebirgisch: hamm
    Upper Saxon German: ham, hom
    Vilamovian: hon
* East Franconian:
* German: haben
    Berlinerisch: ham
    Ruhrpöttisch: habn
* Rhine Franconian: hann, hawwe (Vorderpfälzisch), hunn (northern Palatine)
** Frankfurterisch: [havə]; [hɑvə], [hɔvə] (older)
** Palatine German: hann, hawwe, hunn
** Pennsylvania German: hawwe
** Upper Hessian: hu, hunn
* Yiddish: האָבן (hobn)

#### References

* Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “han”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

## Nguôn
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /haːn¹/

### Numeral

han
* two

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old Norse hampr.

### Noun

han m (plural hans)
* (Jersey) galangal

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* hån (Mooring)
* Hen (Sylt)

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hanjō.

### Noun

han f (plural hanen)
* (Föhr-Amrum) hen, chicken
    Coordinate term: höön (“rooster”)

## Northern Kurdish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɑːn/

### Adjective

han
* this
    Synonym: ev

### References

* Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “han”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 231

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /han/
* Homophones: hann, hand
* Rhymes: -an

### Pronoun

han
* he, him

### See also

| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive |
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | feminine | masculine | neuter | plural |
| Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
| Singular | Second | general | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine |
| Singular | Second | formal (rare) | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Singular | Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | hennes | hennes | hennes |
| Singular | Third | masculine (person) | han | ham / han | hans | hans | hans | hans |
| Singular | Third | feminine (noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | masculine (noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | neuter (noun) | det | det | dets | dets | dets | dets |
| Singular | Third | reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |
| Plural | First | – | vi | oss | vår | vår | vårt | våre |
| Plural | Second | general | dere | dere | deres | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Second | formal (very rare) | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Plural | Third | general | de | dem | deres | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Third | reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |

### References

* “han” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɑnː/

### Pronoun

han
* he, him, it (third person singular, masculine)

#### Usage notes

Han is used to refer not only to masculine persons, but any masculine noun. E.g.: Bilen er fin. Eg likar han. - The car is nice. I like it.
In some dialects, han may precede a male given name or a difinite singular masculine noun. E.g: Kor vart det tå han Erik? (“Where did Erik disappeared?”)

### See also

$^1$Obsolete. $^2$Landsmål. $^3$Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

### References

* “han” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

### Pronoun

han
* he / it (masculine nominative pronoun)

#### Descendants

* Danish: han

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han.

### Verb

hān
* (intransitive) to hang
* (transitive) to hang

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: hâen
** Dutch: hangen
*** Afrikaans: hang
*** Berbice Creole Dutch: hanggi
*** Negerhollands: hang, haṅ
*** → Sranan Tongo: anga

#### Further reading

* “hān”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xɑːn/, [hɑːn]

### Noun

hān f
* a projecting stone that forms part of a boundary

#### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* ᚼᛆᚿ

### Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhanː/

### Pronoun

han
* he
    han ær mīn vin ― he is my friend

#### Descendants

* Swedish: han

## Portuguese
### Adjective

han (invariable)
* Han Chinese (referring to the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)

### Noun

han m (plural han or hans)
* Han Chinese (member of the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)

## Rohingya
### Alternative forms

* (Arabic) حَنۡ
* (Bengali) হান
* (Myanmar) ဟန်
* (Hanifi) 𐴇𐴝𐴕 (han)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [han]

### Noun

han
* ear

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”).

### Noun

han n (plural hanuri)
* inn, caravanserai

#### Declension
### References

* han in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Russenorsk
### Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk han (“he”).

### Pronunciation

Unknown. Possible examples:
* IPA: /han/, /haɲ/ (Norwegian accent)
* IPA: /xan/, /xanʲ/ (Russian accent)
There is no evidence of palatalization of the /n/-sound, although it should be there at least in the Northern Norwegian pronunciation.
There is also no known examples of the Russian pronunciation, where the letter h may be pronounced as /g/ (see gaf and gall).

### Pronoun

han
* he

### References

* Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag, pages 113, 119

## Samoan Plantation Pidgin
### Etymology

From English hand.

### Noun

han
* arm
* hand

#### Usage notes

Only used to refer to a human; for an animal, the equivalent parts are all labelled as lek.

#### References

* Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
* Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xâːn/
* Rhymes: -âːn

### Noun

hȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ха̑н)
* inn

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈan/ [ˈãn]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: han

### Verb

han
* third-person plural present indicative of haber

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* 'an (eye dialect)

### Etymology

From Old Swedish han, from Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hanː/, (unstressed, postconsonantal) /an/
* Audio (Gotland):(file)
* Rhymes: -an
* Homophone: hann

### Pronoun

han
* he, the third person singular, masculine, nominative case.
    Han är mycket stiligHe is very handsome
* (nonstandard in writing, common in speech) him
    Synonym: (standard) honom
    Jag såg han / Jag såg'anI saw him

#### Usage notes

See the usage notes for honom.

#### See also

* hann (past tense of hinna – a homophone)
* hon (“she”)

### References

* han in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* han in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* han in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.

### Verb

han
* to eat

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English hand.

### Noun

han
* hand
* arm
* foreleg (of an animal)
* wing (of a bird)
* branch (of a tree)
* branch (figurative)

#### Derived terms

* hanwara

### References

* Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
* Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɑn/

### Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), probably of central Asian origin. Doublet of kağan and hakan.

#### Noun

han (definite accusative hanı, plural hanlar)
* khan

### Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).

#### Noun

han (definite accusative hanı, plural hanlar)
* inn (for caravans)

## Turkmen
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [xaːn]

### Noun

han (definite accusative hany, plural hanlar)
* khan

#### Derived terms

* oguzhan
* garahan
* hantama

### Further reading

* “han” in Enedilim.com
* “han” in Webonary.org

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [haːn˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [haːŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [haːŋ˧˧]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

(classifier cây) han • (𧄊)
* Dendrocnide
    Synonym: mán

##### Derived terms

* han tím
* han voi
* lá han

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

han • (𨫪)
* appeared to begin to rust
    chiếc nồi đồng han xanhrusty green bronze pot

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Vietic *haːɲ (“to ask”).

#### Verb

han • (𪡗, 𠻃, 㗍, 漢, 嘆, 罕)
* (archaic) to ask
    Synonym: hỏi

##### Derived terms

* hỏi han

### Anagrams

* anh, nha

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ọ̀n (Ekiti)
* ghàn (SEY)

### Etymology 1

Compare with Ifè ŋà, Olukumi ghàn, Itsekiri ghàn and possibly Igala ñà, from Proto-Yoruba *ɣɪ̃ã̀, *ŋɪ̃ã̀ , from Proto-Edekiri *ɣɪ̃ã̀, *ŋɪ̃ã̀, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ŋɪ̃ã̀.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hã̀/

#### Verb

hàn
* to appear, show; to be visible

##### Derived terms

* fi hàn

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hã̀/

#### Verb

hàn
* to scribble

##### Derived terms

* hàntúrú

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hã̀/

#### Verb

hàn
* (Igbomina) to pluck leaves from a plant
    Synonym: já

### Etymology 4

Compare with Ifè ŋɔ́, Olukumi ghọn, Igala ñwọ̀, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɣɔ̃̀, *ŋɔ̃̀, from Proto-Edekiri *ɣɔ̃̀, *ŋɔ̃̀, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ŋʷɔ̃̀, Proto-Yoruboid *wɔ̃̀. See Proto-Bantu *gon, Igbo gwọ, Urhobo ahọnre

#### Alternative forms

* ọ̀n (Ekiti)
* ghọ̀n (Ondo)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hã̀/

#### Verb

hàn
* to snore
    Synonym: han-an-run

##### Derived terms

* han-an-run

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hã̄/

#### Verb

han
* to scream loudly
    Synonym: ké

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hã́/

#### Verb

hán
* (Igbomina) Alternative form of wọ́n (“to catch something in the air”)