gaṅ
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"
Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tguəŋ, *guəŋ, *tgəŋ (“stalk, handle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gaṅ
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Javanese: ꦒꦒꦁ (gagang, “central stalk; stem; handle, haft, hilt, knob”)
- ⇒? Javanese: ꦩꦒꦁ (magang, “apprentice official”)
- ⇒? Javanese: ꦥꦒꦁ (pagang, “to wait for; to be an apprentice”)
Further reading
[edit]- "gaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.