ban

Dutch (Brabantic)

/bɑn/, /bɛn/, /bɑn/, /bɛn/

noun
Definitions
  • excommunication, denunciation, shunning
  • anathema which is cast upon one who is excommunicated
  • magic spell
  • (historical) legal or feudal domain
  • (historical) public declaration
  • (archaic) exile

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch ban root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (speak, shine, say, glow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰeh₂-

Gloss

speak, shine, say, glow

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

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