FromProto-Finnic*vanha, fromProto-Finno-Permic*wanša. Cognate withEstonianvana,Komi-Zyrianваж(važ),Udmurtвуж(vuž).

• IPA^(key):/ˈʋɑnhɑ/,[ˈʋɑ̝nhɑ̝]
• Rhymes:-ɑnhɑ
• Syllabification^(key):van‧ha
• Hyphenation^(key):van‧ha

vanha (comparativevanhempi,superlativevanhin)

1. old(of age)

   Synonym:iäkäs

   Antonyms:nuori(“young”)(of people, animals, etc. and occasionally also of things),uusi(“new”)(of things)

2. old,former

   Synonym:entinen

3. expired

   Synonyms:vanhentunut,(of food)eltaantunut,pilaantunut

• “vanha”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved2023-07-04

• vahan

• vana(dialectal)

FromProto-Finnic*vanha. Cognates includeFinnishvanha andEstonianvana.

• (Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key):/ˈʋɑnɑ/,[ˈʋɑnɑ]
• (Soikkola)IPA^(key):/ˈʋɑnhɑ/,[ˈʋɑnhɑ]
• Rhymes:-ɑnɑ,-ɑnhɑ
• Hyphenation:van‧ha

vanha (comparativevanhemp)

1. old
2. former

• (antonym(s) of“old”):noori(“young”);uus(“new”)

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “ванга”, inОпытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia],Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page701
• V. I. Junus (1936)Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page57
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page638
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014)Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[3],→ISBN, page76

FromProto-Finnic*vanha. Cognates includeFinnishvanha andEstonianvana.

• IPA^(key):/ˈʋɑnhɑ/
• Hyphenation:van‧ha

vanha (genitivevanhan,partitivevanhua,comparativevanhempi /vanhembi,superlativevanhin)

1. old

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “vanha”, inСловарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)],→ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015)Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary],→ISBN