baan

Dutch (Brabantic)

/baːn/

noun
Definitions
  • a road, way, path
  • a track, lane
  • a job, professional occupation
  • (sports) court, field place for playing sports or games, in particular non-team ball games

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch bāne inherited from Old Dutch *bana inherited from Proto-Germanic *banō (clearing, battlefield, path, track, cleared way).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*banō

Gloss

clearing, battlefield, path, track, cleared way

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

道, 路

Emoji

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