ihan

Probably the instructive singular of obsolete ihta (“opportunity, chance”), from Proto-Finnic *ihta, possibly from Indo-Iranian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈihɑn/, [ˈiɦɑn]
• Rhymes: -ihɑn
• Syllabification^(key): i‧han

ihan

1. totally
2. exactly
3. quite

• aivan

• Inha, hain, hina, inha

From Proto-Finnic *ihta-. Akin to Finnish ihan.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈihɑn/, [ˈihɑn]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈihɑn/, [ˈihɑn]
• Rhymes: -ihɑn
• Hyphenation: i‧han

ihan

1. completely
   • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 68:

     Oboza tuli ihan ootteloma.

     The wagon train came completely unexpectedly.

   • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:

     Ihan alanikko mäni nii heitä senen peräst kutsuttii kust Logoven Yliotsast a senen Alaotsast.

     It went [like a] complete lowland, so it was therefore called the Upper Border and that the Lower Border.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 88

ihan

1. Rōmaji transcription of いはん

ihan

1. Romanization of ᡳᡥᠠᠨ

Borrowed from Ingrian ihan.

• (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈihɑn/, [ˈihɑn]
• Rhymes: -ihɑn
• Hyphenation: i‧han

ihan

1. completely, totally

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “ihana”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn