vấn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Possibly a doublet of quấn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *wən(ʔ) (“coiled; to wind, bend”). Cognate with Khmer វៀន (viən, “to curl up”) and Mon ဝေန် (wèn, “to be crooked, deformed”).
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Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 問 (“ask”).
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vấn
- (only in compounds) to ask
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