mắn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 敏 (“to be eager”, SV: mẫn).

The mắn element as in mau mắn (“quick”) and may mắn (“lucky”) are probably unrelated to mắn đẻ, as both words exhibit the regular pattern of -ăn reduplication, deriving from the bases mau and may respectively.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [man˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [maŋ˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maŋ˦˥]

Verb

mắn

(only in compounds) to be eager to

Derived terms

mắn đẻ

Anagrams

nắm

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