bán

From Serbo-Croatian bȃn/ба̑н (“lord; ban”), from Proto-Slavic *banъ; see there for more.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaːn]
• Rhymes: -aːn
• Hyphenation: bán

bán m anim (related adjective bánský)

1. (historical) ban (title in the historical Kingdom of Croatia and the Kingdom of Hungary, like a palatine or governor of a province)
2. (historical) ban (governor of a banovina in Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1941)

• bán in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• bán in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• bán in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
• bán in Internetová jazyková příručka

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaːn]

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• Hyphenation: bán
• Rhymes: -aːn

From a Turkic language. Doublet of bánik.

bán

1. (transitive, chiefly in the negative) to mind, to object to, to be bothered by

   Nem bánod, ha kinyitom az ablakot? ― Do you mind if I open the window?

   Nem bánnám, ha néha segítenél kitakarítani. ― I wouldn’t mind if you helped me clean the house once in a while.

2. (transitive) to regret

   Synonym: sajnál

• This verb is a member of one of those (few) quasi-homonymous verb pairs that exist both with and without an -ik ending. All (intransitive) suffixed forms of these pairs are identical (sometimes they can even have derived forms that coincide), with the exception of their dictionary form (the third-person singular indicative present, with or without -ik). However, the meaning of these pairs is usually distinct, sometimes unrelated. Examples include (fel)áldoz–(le)áldozik, bán–bánik, (meg)bíz–(meg)bízik, ér–érik, esz (rare)–eszik, hajol–hajlik, (felül)múl–(el)múlik, (hozzá)nyúl–nyúlik, (el)vesz–(el)veszik~(el)vész, and tör–törik (along with their verbal prefixes), hall–hallik (archaic), érez–érzik (archaic), sometimes with some difference: (el)hibáz–hibádzik, (le)torkol–torkollik. Therefore one may well need to check the context and the arguments to ascertain which member of the verb pair is relevant.

(With verbal prefixes):

• bánik

From Old Hungarian ban (1146), from a South Slavic language; compare Serbo-Croatian bȃn/ба̑н (“lord; ban”), from Proto-Slavic *banъ; see there for more.

bán (plural bánok)

1. (historical) ban (title in the historical Kingdom of Croatia and the Kingdom of Hungary, like a palatine or governor of a province)

• Marek Stachowski, Eugen Helimskis Materialien zur Erforschung der ältesten slawisch-ungarischen Sprachkontakte, Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 14 (2009): 35–107 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego: Kraków, page 43

• (to mind, to regret): bán in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (ban [historical]): bán in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bán in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɑːnˠ/, /bˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠaːnˠ/, /bˠaːn̪ˠ/

From Old Irish bán (“white”), from Proto-Celtic *bānos (“white”).

bán (genitive singular masculine báin, genitive singular feminine báine, plural bána, comparative báine)

1. white
2. blank
3. fair-haired
4. (sexuality, LGBT) gay, homosexual

bán m (genitive singular báin, nominative plural bána)

1. white

• bán na súl m (“albinism”)

bán (present analytic bánann, future analytic bánfaidh, verbal noun bánadh, past participle bánta)

1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of bánaigh (“whiten; blanch; clear out, empty, depopulate”)

• → Yola: baun, bawn

From Old Irish bán (“untilled land, lea”), from the adjective bán (“white”).

bán m (genitive singular báin, nominative plural bánta)

1. (geography) lea; grassland
2. uncultivated land

• → Yola: bawen

bán m (genitive singular báin, nominative plural báin)

1. Alternative form of bábhún (“walled enclosure”)

• → English: bawn

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “bán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 88

From Proto-Celtic *bānos (“white”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːn/

bán

1. white
2. pure

• finn
• gabor
• gel

• Irish: bán
• Manx: bane
• Scottish Gaelic: bàn
• ⇒ Middle Irish: abbán

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːn˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˥]

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 半 (“half”).

bán

1. half-; semi-; hemi-

   bán hẹp bao quy đầu ― with a semi-tight foreskin

From Proto-Vietic *paːɲʔ.

bán • (半, 𬥓, 拌)

1. to sell