ban
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3 language code forBalinese . Inherited fromMiddle English bannen ( “ to summon; to banish; to curse ” ) , partly fromOld English bannan ( “ to summon, command, proclaim, call out ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *bannan ; and partly fromOld Norse banna ( “ to prohibit; to curse ” ) , both fromProto-Germanic *bannaną ( “ to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban; to curse, forbid ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-new-ti ~ bʰh₂-n̥w-énti , innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade athematic present of*bʰeh₂- ( “ to say ” ) .
Cognate withDutch bannen ( “ to ban, exile, discard ” ) ,German bannen ( “ to exile, to exorcise, captivate, excommunicate ” ) ,Swedish banna ( “ to ban, scold ” ) ,Vedic Sanskrit भनति ( bhánati ) ,Armenian բան ( ban ) and perhapsAlbanian banoj ( “ to reside, dwell ” ) . See alsobanal ,abandon .
ban (third-person singular simple present bans ,present participle banning ,simple past and past participle banned )
( transitive , obsolete ) Tosummon ; tocall out .( transitive ) Toanathematize ; topronounce an ecclesiasticalcurse upon; to place under a ban.( transitive ) Tocurse ; toexecrate .c. 1555 ,Hugh Latimer ,a sermon :They will curse andban [ …] even into the deep pit of hell, all that gainsay their appetite.
( transitive ) Toprohibit ; tointerdict ; toproscribe ; toforbid or block fromparticipation .2013 August 10, “A new prescription ”, inThe Economist , volume408 , number8848 :No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify andban them, and then the cycle begins again.
2024 September 23, Soumya Karlamangla, “California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired”, inThe New York Times [1] :Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sundaybanning the sale at grocery checkouts of all plastic bags, regardless of thickness.
Bare feet arebanned in this establishment.
( ambitransitive ) To curse; toutter curses ormaledictions .1814 July 7, [Walter Scott ],Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. [ … ] , volume(please specify |volume=I to III) , Edinburgh: [ … ] James Ballantyne and Co. forArchibald Constable and Co. ; London:Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown ,→OCLC ::“I seldomban , sir,” said he to the man; “but if you play any of your hound's-foot tricks, and leave puir Berwick before he's sorted, to rin after spuilzie, deil be wi' me if I do not give your craig a thraw”
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Albanian:ndaloj (sq) Arabic:حَرَّمَ ( ḥarrama ) ,حَظَرَ ( ḥaẓara ) ,مَنَعَ (ar) ( manaʕa ) Armenian:արգելել (hy) ( argelel ) Bashkir:тыйыу ( tıyıw ) Belarusian:забараня́ць impf ( zabaranjácʹ ) ,забарані́ць pf ( zabaranícʹ ) Bulgarian: забраня́вам (bg) impf ( zabranjávam ) ,забраня́ (bg) pf ( zabranjá ) Burmese: တား (my) ( ta: ) ,ပညတ် (my) ( pa.nyat ) Catalan:prohibir (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:禁止 (zh) ( jìnzhǐ ) Czech:zakazovat (cs) impf , zakázat (cs) pf Danish: forbyde (da) Dutch:verbieden (nl) Esperanto:malpermesi Estonian:keelama Finnish:kieltää (fi) ,estää (fi) ,bannata (fi) ,bännätä (fi) French:interdire (fr) ,proscrire (fr) ,bannir (fr) Georgian:აკრძალვა ( aḳrʒalva ) German:verbieten (de) Greek:απαγορεύω (el) ( apagorévo ) Hindi:रोकना (hi) ( roknā ) ,मना करना ( manā karnā ) Hungarian:tilt (hu) ,kitilt (hu) Icelandic:banna (is) Indonesian:cekal (id) Ingrian:keeltää Irish:coisc Italian:espellere (it) ,vietare (it) ,censurare (it) ,bandire (it) ,proibire (it) Japanese:禁止する (ja) ( きんしする, kinshi suru ) ,禁じる (ja) ( きんじる, kinjiru ) ,禁める (ja) ( とどめる, todomeru ) Khmer:ប្រាម (km) ( praam ) ,អាយ័ត (km) ( ʼaayat ) Korean:금지하다 (ko) ( geumjihada ) ,금하다 (ko) ( geumhada ) Lao:ຫ້າມ ( hām ) ,ປາມ ( pām ) Latin:veto ,interdico Latvian:aizliegt (lv) Lithuanian:uždrausti (lt) Macedonian:забранува impf ( zabranuva ) ,забрани pf ( zabrani ) Malay: larang (ms) ,melarang Malayalam:നിരോധിക്കുക (ml) ( nirōdhikkuka ) Maori:whakakati ,rāhui Marathi:बंदी आणणे ( bandī āṇṇe ) ,बंदी घालणे ( bandī ghālṇe ) Mongolian:Cyrillic:хориглох (mn) ( xoriglox ) Norwegian:Bokmål:forby Old English:forbēodan Old Norse:banna Polish:zakazywać (pl) impf , zakazać (pl) pf , banować (pl) impf ( on the internet ) ,zbanować pf ( on the internet ) ,zabraniać (pl) impf , zabronić (pl) pf Portuguese: proibir (pt) ,banir (pt) Romanian:interzice (ro) Russian:запреща́ть (ru) impf ( zapreščátʹ ) ,запрети́ть (ru) pf ( zapretítʹ ) ,ба́нить (ru) impf ( bánitʹ ) ,( internet, slang ) заба́нить (ru) pf ( zabánitʹ ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: забрањи́вати impf , забра́нити pf Roman: zabranjívati (sh) impf , zabrániti (sh) pf Slovak: zakazovať impf , zakázať pf Slovene: prepovedovati impf , prepovedati (sl) pf Spanish: prohibir (es) ,vedar (es) ,banear (es) Swedish:banna (sv) ,förbjuda (sv) Tagalog:ipagbawal Tamil:தடை (ta) ( taṭai ) Telugu:నిషేధించు (te) ( niṣēdhiñcu ) Thai:ห้าม (th) ( hâam ) ,ปราม (th) ( bpraam ) Ukrainian:забороня́ти impf ( zaboronjáty ) ,заборони́ти pf ( zaboronýty ) Vietnamese: cấm (vi) ,cấm chỉ (vi) Yiddish:פֿאַרווערן ( farvern )
ban (plural bans )
Prohibition .1667 ,John Milton , “Book IX”, inParadise Lost. [ … ] , London: [ … ] [Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [ … ] ;[ a] nd by Robert Boulter [ … ] ;[ a] nd Matthias Walker, [ … ] ,→OCLC ; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: [ … ] , London: Basil Montagu Pickering [ … ] ,1873 ,→OCLC :That sacred fruit, sacred to abstinence, Much more to taste it underban to touch
2024 September 23, Soumya Karlamangla, “California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired”, inThe New York Times [2] :California has been on the forefront of plastic bagbans . In 2007, Mr. Newsom, as mayor of San Francisco, signed a law that made the city the first in the nation to ban plastic bags in grocery stores.
Apublic proclamation oredict ; also, asummons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons toarms .1641 , John Rastell, translated by William Rastell,Termes de la Lay ,37b :Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any publike notice.
The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same asarriere-ban , butdistinct since the 16th century, following French usage—seearriere-ban .1591 , published 1847, Henry Unton,Correspondence of Sir Henry Unton, knt., Ambassador from Queen Elizabeth to Henry IV. King of France, in the years MDXCI. and MDXCII. , page 54: [ …] he hath sente abroade to assemble hisvan and arriere van; wherby, and with the reste of his forces, he prepareth him selfe to enter this countrey; [ …] 1683 , William Temple, chapter I, inMemoirs of what past in Christendom, from the War begun 1672, to the Peace concluded 1679 :France was at such a Pinch for Men,[ …] that they call’d theirBan and Arriere Ban, the assembling whereof had been long disus’ed, and in a Manner antiquated.
1818 ,Henry Hallam ,View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages , chapter II, part II:Theban was sometimes convoked, that is, the possessors of the fiefs were called upon for military service in subsequent ages; but with more of ostentation than real efficiency.
1874 , Charles Boutell, chapter 7, inArms And Armour In Antiquity And The Middle Ages , page98 :The act of calling together the vassals in armed array, was entitled “convoking theban ”—“convoquer le ban .”
( obsolete ) Acurse oranathema .c. 1599–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act III, scene ii] :With Hecate'sban thrice blasted, thrice infected
Apecuniary mulct orpenalty laid upon adelinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to abishop by one guilty ofsacrilege or other crimes. prohibition
Albanian:ndalim (sq) m Arabic: حَظْر m ( ḥaẓr ) ,مَنْع (ar) m ( manʕ ) Armenian:please add this translation if you can Bashkir: тыйыу ( tıyıw ) Belarusian:забаро́на f ( zabaróna ) Bulgarian: забра́на (bg) f ( zabrána ) ,запреще́ние (bg) n ( zaprešténie ) Chinese: Mandarin: 禁止 (zh) ( jìnzhǐ ) Czech:zákaz (cs) Danish:forbud n Dutch: verbod (nl) n Esperanto: malpermeso Finnish:kielto (fi) ,esto (fi) ,banni (fi) ,bänni (fi) ,banaani (fi) French:interdiction (fr) f , prohibition (fr) f Georgian: აკრძალვა ( aḳrʒalva ) German:Verbot (de) n Greek: απαγόρευση (el) f ( apagórefsi ) Hindi: बहिष्कार (hi) m ( bahiṣkār ) Hungarian: tilalom (hu) Icelandic:bann (is) n Ilocano: parit Ingrian:keelto Italian:proibizione (it) ,divieto (it) Japanese:禁止 (ja) ( きんし, kinshi ) Khmer:បំរាម ( bɑmraam ) Korean:금지(禁止) (ko) ( geumji ) Latin:vetitum n Luxembourgish: Verbuet n Macedonian: забрана f ( zabrana ) Malayalam: നിരോധനം (ml) ( nirōdhanaṁ ) Marathi:बंदी f ( bandī ) Mongolian: Cyrillic: хориг (mn) ( xorig ) ,цээр (mn) ( ceer ) Norwegian:Bokmål:forbud (no) n Plautdietsch: Baun m Polish: zakaz (pl) m , ban (pl) m ( on the internet ) Portuguese: proibição (pt) f Romanian: interdicție (ro) f Russian: запре́т (ru) m ( zaprét ) ,запреще́ние (ru) n ( zapreščénije ) ,бан (ru) m ( ban ) ( internet slang ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: за̑брана f Roman: zȃbrana (sh) f Slovak: zákaz m Slovene: prepoved (sl) f Spanish: prohibición (es) f , vedamiento m , baneo (es) m Swedish: förbud (sv) n Tagalog: pagbabawal Telugu:నిషేధము (te) ( niṣēdhamu ) Thai:การห้าม (th) ( gaan-hâam ) ,ข้อห้าม ( kɔ̂ɔ-hâam ) Turkish:yasak (tr) Ukrainian:заборо́на f ( zaboróna ) Vietnamese: sự cấm (vi) ,cấm chỉ (vi) West Frisian:ferbod Zazaki:tomet ,men
Borrowed fromRomanian ban of uncertain origin, perhaps fromSerbo-Croatian bân .
ban (plural bani )
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanianleu . A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovanleu . a subdivision of currency
FromBanburismus ; coined byAlan Turing .
ban (plural bans )
Aunit measuringinformation orentropy based onbase -tenlogarithms , rather than the base-two logarithms that define thebit . FromSouth Slavic (compareSerbo-Croatian bȃn ), fromProto-Slavic *banъ ; see there for more.
ban (plural bans )
Atitle used in several states in central and south-easternEurope between the 7th century and the 20th century. title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe
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ban ( a public proclamation or edict ) ban m (plural bans )
ban ( a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century ) ban
shame ,sorrow ,outrage Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013. Quesada Pacheco, Miguel Ángel. 1991. El vocabulario mosco de 1612. En estudios de Lingüística Chibcha. Programa de investigación del departamento de lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Serie Anual Tomo X San José (Costa Rica). Universidad de Costa Rica. Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico Gramática de Lugo. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013. FromEnglish ban .
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( Hong Kong Cantonese , Internet ) toban ( Hong Kong Cantonese ) toreject (ideas, proposals, suggestions, etc.)ban 橋 / ban 桥 [Cantonese ] ― ben1 kiu4-2 [Jyutping] ― toreject an ideaFromMiddle Dutch ban .Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
ban m (plural bannen )
excommunication ,denunciation ,shunning anathema which is cast upon one who is excommunicatedmagic spell ( historical ) legal orfeudal domain ( historical ) public declaration ( archaic ) exile Borrowed fromEnglish ban .
ban m (plural bans )
a revocation of permission to access or participateSynonym: toegangsverbod De forumgebruiker die zich heeft misdragen heeft eenban gekregen. The forum user that misbehaved has been given aban . Mostly common within internet communities.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
ban
inflection ofbannen : first-person singular present indicative (in case ofinversion )second-person singular present indicative imperative See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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inflection ofbannen : first-person singular present indicative (in case ofinversion )second-person singular present indicative imperative FromOld French ban , fromFrankish *ban .
ban m (plural bans )
( dated ) public declaration ( dated ) announcement of amarriage ;banns ( East of France, Belgium ) territory Borrowed fromSerbo-Croatian bȃn . See Englishban .
ban m (plural bans )
ban ( nobleman ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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give For pronunciation and definitions of ban – see屘 (“theyoungest ”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of 屘 ).
Often compared toBasque bat andProto-Basque *bade ( “ one, some ” ) .
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one Eduardo Orduña [Aznar],Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco Joan Ferrer i Jané,El sistema de numerales ibérico: avances en su conocimiento Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language FromDutch band , fromMiddle Dutch bant .
ban (plural ban -ban )
tyre ,tire Synonym: tayar ( Standard Malay ) tape Synonym: pita belt Synonyms: ikat pinggang ,sabuk ( physics ) band ( a part of theelectromagnetic spectrum ) Synonym: pita band ( group of musicians ) FromDutch baan , fromMiddle Dutch bāne , fromOld Dutch *bana , fromProto-Germanic *banō .
ban (plural ban -ban )
( uncommon ) road ,way ,path Synonyms: jalan ,jalur ( uncommon ) atrack ,lane Synonym: lintasan ( sports , ball games ) court ,field ( place for playing sports or games, in particular non-team ball games ) FromEnglish ban .
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( Internet slang ) aban Synonym: blok ban
( Internet slang ) toban Synonym: blokir ban f pl
genitive plural ofbean Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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Rōmaji transcription ofばん Rōmaji transcription ofバン Borrowed fromGerman Bahn . CompareGreater Polish bana andSilesian bana .
IPA (key ) : /ˈban/ Rhymes:-an Syllabification:ban ban m inan
train Synonyms: cuch ,pòcąg Sychta, Bernard (1976 ) “ban”, inSłownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects ] (in Polish), volume 7 (Suplement ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 6Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011 ) “pociąg”, inSłownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi [3] “ban ”, inInternetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language ], Fundacja Kaszuby,2022 ban
sneeze ban
Nonstandard spelling ofbān .Nonstandard spelling ofbǎn .Nonstandard spelling ofbàn .Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.ban ( Raguileo spelling )
death ban ( Raguileo spelling )
Todie . first-person singular realis form ofban ; Idied ; I havedied .1 Only usable with free personal pronouns.
1 Only usable with free personal pronouns.
Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008. ban
tosneeze ban
Alternative form ofbane ban
( Early Middle English ) Alternative form ofbon ban
first-person singular present ofweese Related toPersian بام ( bâm ) .
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roof ban
imperative ofbane ( Etymology 3 ) FromOld Norse barn , fromProto-Germanic *barną .
ban n
( dialectal ) alternative form ofbarn ( “ child ” ) FromProto-West Germanic *bain ,Proto-Germanic *bainą .
Cognate withOld Frisian bēn (West Frisian bien ),Old Saxon bēn (Low German been ,bein ),Dutch been ( “ bone, leg ” ) ,Old High German bein (German Bein ( “ leg ” ) ),Old Norse bein (Icelandic bein ( “ bone ” ) ).
bān n (nominative plural bān )
bone ivory Stronga -stem:
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genitive dual / plural ofben ban
first-person plural imperative ofis Mutation ofban radical lenition nasalization ban ban pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ mban
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Cognate withSoutheastern Tepehuan bhan ,Northern Tepehuan bánai .
ban (plural ba꞉ban )
coyote FromPortuguese vambora .
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let’s go Probablyborrowed fromUrdu بَنْد ( band ) , fromPersian بند ( band ) .
ban (invariable ,Perso-Arabic spelling بن )
closed blocked ,stopped Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011 ) “ban”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[4] , Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives,→ISBN IPA (key ) : /ˈban/ Rhymes:-an Syllabification:ban Borrowed fromRomanian ban .
ban m animal
ban ( subdivision of currency ) Borrowed fromEnglish ban , fromMiddle English bannen ( “ to summon; to bannish; to curse ” ) , partly fromOld English bannan ( “ to summon, command, proclaim, call out ” ) and partly fromOld Norse banna ( “ to prohibit; to curse ” ) , both fromProto-Germanic *bannaną ( “ to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban; to curse, forbid ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-new-ti ~ bʰh₂-n̥w-énti , innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade athematic present of*bʰeh₂- ( “ to say ” ) .
ban m animal
( Internet ) ban Borrowed fromSerbo-Croatian ban , from LateProto-Slavic *banъ , fromTurkic .
ban m pers
ban ( title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century ) ban inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANban in Polish dictionaries at PWNUnadapted borrowing fromEnglish ban .
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( Internet slang ) ban ( block from interacting in an internet community ) Unknown. Perhaps fromMedieval Latin *bannus ( “ communication ” ) , perhaps through aGerman intermediate.[ 1] Other theories derive the word fromProto-Slavic *banъ ( “ master, lord ” ) (viaSerbo-Croatian orHungarian ). UltimateMongolian origin (баян ( bajan ,“ rich lord; plutocrat ” ) ) has also been proposed.[ 2]
ban m (plural bani )
money ;coin ban (unit of currency, one hundredth of aleu )Usually used in the plural form,bani
From LateProto-Slavic *banъ .
bȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑н )
ban (title)Borrowed fromHokkien 盤 / 盘 ( pôaⁿ ,“ tray, plate, dish ” ) .
ban (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ )
( rare ) wheel Synonyms: gulong ,ruweda Borrowed fromMoroccan Arabic بان ( bān ) .
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ban (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵏ )
( intransitive ) toappear , toemerge This verb needs aninflection-table template .
Cognate withLao ບານ ( bān ) ,Thai บาน ( baan ) .
ban (班 )
well-developed ;husky slaoban ―busty girlbâưban ―leaf reaching the bánh tẻ stage Lương Bèn (2011 )Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary ][5] [6] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên Sino-Vietnamese word from班 .
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( historical ) branch ofadministration in thefeudal court (of which there are two types: thecivil administrators and themartial office holders )group (ofpeople doing the samework );band ;board ;squad ;committee shift ;work period ( only in compounds ) time period ;section of theday Synonym: buổi ban trưa ―noon ( dated ) (college -level )subject ; (academic )department (classifier cây ,hoa ) ban
orchid tree (Bauhinia variegata )Sino-Vietnamese word from斑 .
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( medicine ) rash Borrowed fromFrench balle . Related tobanh ; see there for more details.
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( Central Vietnam ) ball made from rubberban
( colloquial ) Alternative form ofpan Sino-Vietnamese word from頒 .
ban
( archaic ) toconfer on; tobestow ( archaic ) toannounce ; toherald ; toproclaim Borrowed fromFrench bain .
ban (nominative plural bans )
bath 1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
FromMiddle Welsh bann , fromProto-Brythonic *bann , fromProto-Celtic *bandā .
ban m (plural bannau or bannoedd )
peak ,summit point ,principle Synonyms: pwnc ,testun Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ban ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies ban
dirty nasty very angry ban
dome ,cupola room Ban. bàn
arm Lukram Himmat Singh (2013 )A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University, page41