đàn

See also: Đan, đạn, and Appendix:Variations of "dan"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːn˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːŋ˨˩]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *daːn.

Alternative forms

(Southern Vietnam) đờn

Noun

đàn • (弹, 彈)

flock, herd

Derived terms

Derived terms

bầy đàn
đàn anh
đàn bà
đàn đúm
đàn em
đàn ông
đầu đàn
tan đàn xẻ nghé

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 彈 (“to play (a musical instrument)”).

Alternative forms

(Southern Vietnam) đờn

Noun

(classifier cây) đàn

a number of musical instruments (properly a string instrument, though used for a few non-string instruments)

Derived terms

Derived terms

đàn bầu
đàn đá
đàn đáy
đàn đoản
đàn gáo
đàn hồ
đàn môi
đàn nguyệt
đàn nhị
đàn sến
đàn tam
đàn tính
đàn tranh
đàn tứ dây
đàn tỳ bà

Verb

đàn

to play (a string instrument)

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 壇

Noun

đàn

(rare) raised ground or high platform for worship
đàn tế ― altar

đàn Nam Giao ― Esplanade of Sacrifice to the Heaven and Earth

Derived terms

đăng đàn

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