mắn
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Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 敏 (“to be eager”, SV: mẫn).
The mắn element as in mau mắn (“quick”) and may mắn (“lucky”) are probably unrelated to mắn đẻ, as both words exhibit the regular pattern of -ăn reduplication, deriving from the bases mau and may respectively.
Verb
[edit]mắn
- (only in compounds) to be eager to
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Combining form
[edit]mắn
- reduplicant of may, only used in may mắn
- reduplicant of mau, only used in mau mắn