han

See also: Han and Appendix:Variations of "han"

English

Etymology

From Middle English han.

Verb

han

1. (obsolete) plural simple present form of have
   • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender

     They han the fleece, and eke the flesh;

   • 1614, William Browne, The Shepheards Pipe

     Since that ye han had my virginitie,

   • 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence

     And his alluring Baits suspected han.

Anagrams

• HNA, Nah., ahn, nah

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Basque

Pronoun

han

1. there

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an/
• Rhymes: -an

Verb

han

1. third-person plural present indicative form of haver

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Danish

Alternative forms

• hand (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Norse hann (dative hánum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han/, [han]

Noun

han c (singular definite hannen, plural indefinite hanner)

1. male, he

Declension

Declension of han

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	han	hannen	hanner	hannerne
genitive	hans	hannens	hanners	hannernes

Pronoun

han (genitive hans, accusative ham)

1. he

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Inflection	Nominative	Accusative	Possessive	Reflexive	Reflexive possessive
Singular	First	common	jeg	mig	min
		neuter			mit
		plural			mine
	Second	common	du	dig	din
		neuter			dit
		plural			dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine	han	ham	hans	sig	sin
		feminine	hun	hende	hendes
		common	den	den	dens
		neuter	det	det	dets		sit
		plural					sine
Plural	First	—	vi	os	vores
		common			vor
		neuter			vort
		plural			vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres	sig

References

• “han” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “han,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an/

Verb

han

1. third-person plural present indicative of haber

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Gwich'in

Etymology

Cognate with Tlingit héen (“water, river”).

Noun

han

1. river

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Japanese

Romanization

han

1. Rōmaji transcription of はん

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Khasi

Noun

han

1. duck

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Mandarin

Romanization

han

1. Nonstandard spelling of hān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of hǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Middle English

Etymology

Contracted infinitive and plural present of haven.

Verb

han

1. (transitive) To have; have - Piers Plowman.
   • Him thanken all, and thus they han an end - Geoffrey Chaucer

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Norman

Etymology

From Old Norse hampr.

Noun

han m (plural hans)

1. (Jersey) galangal

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hann

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑn/
• Homophones: hann, hand
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Pronoun

han

1. he, him

Usage notes

Traditionally, the word for him in Bokmål is ham. However, as most people use only han in regular conversations, it used to be a somewhat common mistake when writing Bokmål. It is now allowed to use either han and ham as the object form. Additionally, Nynorsk uses almost exclusively han as both subject and object form, though honom is a rarely used correct object form. Ham is not an allowed word in Nynorsk.

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

	Nominative	Objective case	Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person	jeg	meg	min, mi, mitt, mine
Second person	du	deg	din, di, ditt, dine
Third person m	han	han/ham	hans
Third person f	hun	henne	hennes
Third person n	det	det	dets
Third person, nonhuman m/f	den	den	dens
Plural
First person	vi	oss	vår m
Second person	dere	dere	deres
Third person	de	dem	deres

References

• “han” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hann

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑn/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

han

1. he, him, it (third person singular, masculine)

Usage notes

Han is used to refer not only to masculine persons, but any masculine noun. E.g.: Bilen er fin. Eg likar han. - The car is nice. I like it.

See also

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk

	Nominative	Objective case	Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person	eg, je1	meg	min, mi, mitt, mine
Second person	du	deg	din, di, ditt, dine
Third person m	han	han, honom2	hans
Third person f	ho	ho, henne	hennar, hennes1
Third person n	det, dat3	det, dat3	dess 4
Plural
First person	me, vi	oss	vår m
Second person	de, dokker	dykk, dokker	dykkar, dokkar
Third person	dei	dei, deim2	deira, deires1
Notes
1No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.
2Traditional forms that are no longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts.
3Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.
4Rare or literary

References

• “han” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronoun

han

1. he / it (masculine nominative pronoun)

Descendants

• Danish: han

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hann.

Pronoun

han

1. he

Declension

Old Swedish personal pronouns

	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
singular
nominative	iak, iæk	þū	—	han	hōn	þæt
accusative	mik	þik	sik	han	hana, hōna	þæt
dative	mǣr, mik	þǣr, þik	sǣr, sik	hōnum, hānum	hænni	þȳ, þī
genitive	mīn	þīn	sīn	hans	hænna(r)	þæs
dual
nominative	vit	it	—	—	—	—
accusative	oker	*iker	sik	—	—	—
dative	oker	*iker	sǣr, sik	—	—	—
genitive	okar	*ikar	sīn	—	—	—
plural
nominative	vī(r)	ī(r)	—	þē(r)	þā(r)	þø̄n, þē(n)
accusative	os, ōs	iþer	sik	þā	þā(r)	þø̄n, þē(n)
dative	os, ōs	iþer	sǣr, sik	þēm, þø̄m, þom	þēm, þø̄m, þom	þēm, þø̄m, þom
genitive	vār	iþar	sīn	þēra	þēra	þēra

Descendants

• Swedish: han

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Portuguese

Adjective

han (invariable, comparable)

1. Han Chinese (referring to the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)

Noun

han m (plural han or hans)

1. Han Chinese (member of the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)

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Rohingya

Noun

han

1. ear

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish han.

Noun

han n (plural hanuri)

1. inn

Declension

declension of han

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) han	hanul	(niște) hanuri	hanurile
genitive/dative	(unui) han	hanului	(unor) hanuri	hanurilor
vocative	hanule		hanurilor

References

• han in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018

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Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

From English hand.

Noun

han

1. arm
2. hand

Usage notes

Only used to refer to a human; for an animal, the equivalent parts are all labelled as lek.

References

• Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)
• Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28–76.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خان‎ (han), from Persian خانه‎ (khâne, “house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xâːn/
• Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

hȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ха̑н)

1. inn

Declension

Declension of han

	singular	plural
nominative	hȃn	hánovi
genitive	hana	hanova
dative	hanu	hanovima
accusative	han	hanove
vocative	hane	hanovi
locative	hanu	hanovima
instrumental	hanom	hanovima

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an/

Verb

han

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of haber.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of haber.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish han, from Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ (*hānaʀ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hanː/

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• Homophone: hann

Pronoun

han

1. he, the third person singular, masculine, nominative case.

   Han är mycket stilig.

   He is very handsome.

2. (archaic or dialect) him (in standard Swedish, this is honom)

   jag såg han or ja' såg'en/'an/'n (standard Swedish: jag såg honom)

   I saw him.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

	subject	object	possessive
singular	full	full	common	neuter	plural
1st person	jag	mig	min	mitt	mina
2nd person	du	dig	din	ditt	dina
3rd person masculine	han	honom	hans
3rd person feminine	hon	henne	hennes
3rd person gender-neutral	hen*	hen*/henom*	hens*
3rd person common	den	den	dess
3rd person neuter	det	det	dess
3rd person indefinite	man/en	en	ens
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina
plural
1st person	vi	oss	vår	vårt	våra
2nd person	ni	er eder (dated)	er	ert	era
3rd person	de	dem	deras
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina

*Not universally accepted.

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Tetum

Verb

han

1. to eat

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hand.

Noun

han

1. hand
2. arm
3. foreleg (of an animal)
4. wing (of a bird)
5. branch (of a tree)
6. branch (figurative)

Derived terms

• hanwara

References

• Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)
• Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28–76.

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han/

Noun

han (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

1. khan
2. inn (for caravans)