Thai

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Angkorian Old Khmer ខាល៑ (khāl), ខាល (khāla, tiger (zodiac)) (possibly corrupted from ខ្លា (khlā, tiger)). Cognate with Modern Khmer ខាល (khaal).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicขาล
kʰ ā l
Phonemic
ขาน
kʰ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonkǎan
Royal Institutekhan
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːn˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesขาน

Noun

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ขาล (kǎan)

  1. (astrology) (ปี~, ~ศก) Year of the Tiger, the third year in the cycle of twelve years under the lunar calendar.

Synonyms

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Proper noun

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ขาล (kǎan)

  1. (astrology) Tiger, one of the twelve zodiac signs under the lunar calendar.

See also

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