vắn

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬 Bi, 🇨🇬 [Cuối Chăm] pan⁴ ("low"); cf. the Nôm characters with as phonetic.

Lenited initial in Vietnamese might indicate a presyllable that is otherwise lost.

This word used to enjoy widespread usage, as can be seen in Nôm prose and poetry, as well as texts in the Latin script during the colonial period, but has become greatly limited in usage, likely due to becoming the chief word for "short".

Adjective

 * 1)  brief