Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit वाहन (vāhana, bearing, carrying, conveying; vehicle, conveyance of any kind) or Pali vāhana (vehicle). Cognate with Lao ພາຫະນະ (phā ha na).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicพาหนะ
b ā h n a
Phonemic
พา-หะ-นะ
b ā – h a – n a
RomanizationPaiboonpaa-hà-ná
Royal Institutepha-ha-na
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰaː˧.ha˨˩.naʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun edit

พาหนะ (paa-hà-ná)

  1. vehicle; means of transportation.

Derived terms edit