gaṅ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tguəŋ, *guəŋ, *tgəŋ (“stalk, handle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɡaŋ

Noun

gaṅ

1. stalk

Derived terms

• gagaṅ

 

Descendants

• ⇒ Javanese: ꦒꦒꦁ (gagang, “central stalk; stem; handle, haft, hilt, knob”)
  • → Malay: gagang
    • Indonesian: gagang
• ⇒? Javanese: ꦩꦒꦁ (magang, “apprentice official”)
  • → Malay: magang (“apprentice”)
    • Indonesian: magang (“apprentice”)
• ⇒? Javanese: ꦥꦒꦁ (pagang, “to wait for; to be an apprentice”)

Further reading

• "gaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.