hên

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hen"

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰɲelᴬ (civet cat). Cognate with Isan เหง็น, Lao ເຫງັນ (ngen) or ເຫັນ (hen), ᦠᦲᧃ (ḣiin), Tai Dam ꪹꪐꪸꪙ, Shan ႁဵၼ် (hǎen), Tai Nüa ᥞᥥᥢᥴ (hén), Ahom 𑜑𑜢𑜃𑜫 (hin), Thai เห็น (hěn).

Pronunciation

Noun

hên

  1. civet; fox

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese (hang6, lucky, SV hạnh).

Pronunciation

Adjective

hên • (𢟑)

  1. (Southern Vietnam) lucky

Synonyms

Welsh

Adjective

hên

  1. Obsolete spelling of hen (old)
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