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

Descendants
  • ⇒ Javanese: ꦒꦒꦁ (gagang, “central stalk; stem; handle, haft, hilt, knob”)
    • → Malay: 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.
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