vấn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vən˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vəŋ˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vəŋ˦˥] ~ [jəŋ˦˥]
Etymology 1
Possibly a doublet of quấn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *wən(ʔ) (“coiled; to wind, bend”). Cognate with Khmer វៀន (viən, “to curl up”) and Mon ဝေန် (wèn, “to be crooked, deformed”).
Verb
Derived terms
- vấn vít (“to be involved in”)
- vấn vương (“to be preoccupied with, be in love with”)
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 問 (“ask”).
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