ahan

French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *afannō, of unknown origin. Indirectly attested by the Old French ahaner and the Old Occitan afanar. Since afannō is a verb ahan is likely a deverbal of ahaner, although ahan is attested first.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɑ̃/

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Noun

ahan m (plural ahans)

1. pain due to manual labour
2. groan

See also

• ahaner

Further reading

• “ahan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• aan

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *afannō, of unknown origin. Indirectly attested by the Old French ahaner and the Old Occitan afanar. Since afannō is a verb ahan is likely a deverbal of ahaner, although ahan is attested first.

Noun

ahan oblique singular, m (oblique plural ahans, nominative singular ahans, nominative plural ahan)

1. pain; torment; suffering

Descendants

• French: ahan

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ahan)
• ahan on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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Yami

Noun

ahan

1. coral (usually dead)