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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋān (-s)
Meaning: goose
Tibetan: ŋaŋ goose.
Burmese: ŋanh goose, swan.
Kachin: (Mat.) ŋan1 the white-headed bungarus (possibly from Burm.).
Comments: Sh. 36; Ben. 99, 155; Mat. 182. Cf. Austroasiatic *ŋa:n 'goose', Thai ha:n.B id.
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Character: 雁
Modern (Beijing) reading: yàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋrāns
Classic Old Chinese: ŋrānh
Western Han Chinese: ŋrānh
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋrānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄̀n
Middle Chinese: ŋạ̀n
English meaning : wild goose
Russian meaning[s]: казарка белолобая (Anser albifrons); дикий гусь (символ письма); обр. гонец
Comments: For *ŋ- cf. Min forms: Xiamen gan6, Chaozhou ŋaŋ4, Fuzhou ŋaŋ6, Jianou ŋaiŋ6.
Radical: 172
Four-angle index: 866
Karlgren code: 0186 a-b
Shijing occurrences: 34.3_
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Number: 1562
Character: 雁
MC description : 山開二去諫疑
ZIHUI: 7159 1912
Beijing: ian 3
Jinan: iã 3
Xi'an: iã 3
Taiyuan: iɛ 3
Hankou: ian 3
Chengdu: ŋan 3
Yangzhou: î̃ 3
Suzhou: î 31 (lit.); ŋe_ 32
Wenzhou: ŋa 32
Changsha: ŋan 31 (lit.); ŋan 32
Shuangfeng: ŋã 32
Nanchang: ŋan 32
Meixian: ńian 3
Guangzhou: ŋān 32
Xiamen: gan 32
Chaozhou: ŋaŋ 22
Fuzhou: ŋaŋ 32
Shanghai: î 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: ian 3
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ŋV́nV̄
Meaning: wild duck or goose
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *bǝʔn
Meaning: duck
Ket: bʌʔn; bʌń-git6 "duckling"; bʌnnej5 "утиный ток"
Yug: bʌʔn; bʌń-git6 "duckling"
Kottish: pin, pl. patn, (Бол.) pin; асс. (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.) pin, (Кл.) pɨn
Arin: pońa (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.), punä (Стр.), ponä (Лоск.)
Pumpokol: ban (Сл., Срсл., Кл.)
Comments: ССЕ 208. Werner 1, 156.
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