Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mangan

/ˈmɑːŋɡɑːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: man-gan
IPA: /ˈmɑːŋɡɑːn/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

name

A district of Sikkim, India.

noun

A win achieving five han, or three/four han with the required number of fu; worth 12,000 points if the winning player is on the East (dealer) side or 8,000 points otherwise.

Example Sentences

"Even if she gets +8000 points with a mangan, she'll be at -1."
"Outside tournaments the chombo penalty is a reverse mangan payment: 4,000 to East, 2,000 to other players."
"In mahjong last night I had a six-han hand! I got a mangan."
"By the time they'd reached the twelfth round, Kobayashi had won the first hand by drawing his winning tile. "Tsumo! Riizumo, pinfu, dora 2—Mangan. 2000, 4000!" Incredibly, Kobayashi had won a full 8000 points on his first hand."

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mongáin (“descendant of Mongán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of mongach (“maned, long-haired”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Ó Mongáin, 滿貫

Inflected Forms

Mangans (plural)

Rhymes With

langan

Questions

How do you pronounce mangan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑːŋɡɑːn/.
What does mangan mean?: A surname from Irish.
Where does mangan come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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