paun

== Breton == === Etymology === From Middle Breton paun, from Proto-Brythonic *pawʉn (compare Old Cornish, Middle Welsh, and Welsh paun), from Latin pāvō. === Noun === paun m (plural pauned) peacock === Mutation === == Indonesian == === Noun === paun pound sterling, The currency of the United Kingdom == Malay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [pau̯n], [pa.on] Rhymes: -au̯n, -un Hyphenation: pa‧un === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English pound, from Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”). ==== Noun ==== paun (Jawi spelling ڤاءون, uncountable) A pound: The pound sterling; the currency of the United Kingdom. The currency of some countries (Sudan, Syria, and Egypt). A unit of mass equal to 16 ounces or 0.4536 kilograms. Jewellery (bracelets, lockets, etc.) made out of gold that are shaped like coins. ===== Compounds ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English pound, from Middle English pounde, ponde, pund, from Old English pund (“an enclosure”). ==== Noun ==== paun (Jawi spelling ڤاءون, plural paun-paun or paun2) A pound; a place for confining animals (buffaloes, cows, etc.) that roam around a lot. ===== Compounds ===== === Further reading === "paun" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Middle English == === Noun === paun alternative form of pown (“pawn”) == Romansh == === Alternative forms === pàn (Sutsilvan) pang (Surmiran) pan (Vallader) === Etymology === From Latin pānis, pānem. === Noun === paun m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter) bread === Noun === paun m (plural pauns) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter) loaf of bread == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian pavone, from Latin pāvō, pāvōnem. Cf. also Romanian păun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pâuːn/ Hyphenation: pa‧un === Noun === pȁūn m anim (Cyrillic spelling па̏ӯн) peacock ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== indijski paun zeleni paun === Further reading === “paun”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Tetum == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese pão. === Noun === paun bread ==== Related terms ==== === References === “paun”, in Dicionário infopédia: Tetum-English, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh paun (disyllabic), from Proto-Brythonic *pawʉn (compare Old Cornish, Middle Breton, and Breton paun), from Latin pāvō. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /paɨ̯n/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /pai̯n/ === Noun === paun m (plural peunod, feminine peunes) peacock ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “paun”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies