trăn

See also: tran, Tran, trán, trần, Trần, and trận

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese tlan, from Proto-Vietic *k-lən, from Proto-Austroasiatic *tlan; cognates include Muong tlăn, Pacoh tulán, Khmer ថ្លាន់ (thlan, “python”), Bahnar klăn (“python”), Mon ကၠန် (klɔn, “python”), Car Nicobarese tu-lān (“python”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕan˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧]
• Homophones: trăng, chăn, chăng

Noun

(classifier con) trăn • (螓)

1. a non-venomous constricting snake, as opposed to a rắn (“non-constricting snake”); a python, a boa, an anaconda, etc.