Wiktionary

คัน

See also: ค้น, คน, คั้น, and คืน

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicคัน
g ạ n
RomanizationPaiboonkan
Royal Institutekhan
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰan˧/(R)
Homophones
 
ครรภ์
คันถ์
คันธ์
คัล

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Tai *galᴬ (“handle; rod”). Cognate with Lao ຄັນ (khan).

Noun edit

คัน • (kan)

  1. rod; handle.
Derived terms edit

Classifier edit

คัน • (kan)

  1. Classifier for long articles, such as umbrella, vehicle, spoon, fork, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
  2. Classifier for vehicles other than carts. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Tai *ɣalᴬ (“dike between rice fields”). Cognate with Lao ຄັນ (khan), Lü ᦅᧃ (kan), Shan ၵၼ်း (kán).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

คัน • (kan)

  1. dike; ridge.

Etymology 3 edit

From Proto-Tai *ɣalᴬ (“to itch”). Cognate with Lao ຄັນ (khan), Zhuang haenz.

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

คัน • (kan) (abstract noun การคัน)

  1. to itch.
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