พาน

Borrowed from Old Chinese 盤 (OC *baːn, “tray”). Cognate with Lao ພານ (phān), Tai Dam ꪝꪱꪙ or ꪟꪱꪙ, Burmese ဗန်း (ban:, “tray”), Shan ပၢၼ်ႉ (pâ̰an, “tray”), and possibly Khmer ពាន (piən) (Pou and Jenner, 1980-1981).

• ภาน (paan) — archaic, obsolete or dated

พาน • (paan)

1. phan, an ornamental tray used for containing sacred things

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

พาน • (paan) (abstract noun การพาน)

1. to meet; to see; to encounter; to face; to confront

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of the "confront" sense of Etymology 2?”)

พาน • (paan) (abstract noun การพาน)

1. (archaic) to lie against, to lie in the way (of); to impede; to obstruct; to prevent; to bar
2. (archaic) to cause to do so

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of the "tray" sense of Etymology 1?”)

พาน • (paan)

1. part; section
2. (of a breast) base; lower part

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

พาน • (paan) (abstract noun การพาน)

1. (chiefly in combination) to court; to woo

• “พาน” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.