ahan

Inherited from Old French ahan, from Vulgar Latin *afannō, of unknown origin. Indirectly attested by the Old French ahaner and the Old Occitan afanar.[1] Since afannō is a verb, ahan is likely a deverbal of ahaner, although ahan is attested first.

• IPA^(key): /a.ɑ̃/

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ahan m (plural ahans)

1. (dated) pain due to manual labour
2. groan

• ahaner

• “ahan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• aan

Vulgar Latin *afannō, of unknown origin. Indirectly attested by the Old French ahaner and the Old Occitan afanar.[1] Since afannō is a verb ahan is likely a deverbal of ahaner, although ahan is attested first.

ahan oblique singular, m (oblique plural ahans, nominative singular ahans, nominative plural ahan)

1. pain; torment; suffering

• French: ahan

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ahan)
• ahan on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

ahan

1. coral (usually dead)