กตัญญู

Thai

Etymology

From Pali kataññū (“grateful”), ultimately from Sanskrit कृतज्ञ (kṛtajña, “acknowledging what has been done for one”). Cognate with Lao ກະຕັນຍູ (ka tan nyū).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กตัญญู k t ạ ɲ ɲ ū
Phonemic		กะ-ตัน-ยู k a – t ạ n – y ū
Romanization	Paiboon	gà-dtan-yuu
	Royal Institute	ka-tan-yu
(standard) IPA(key)		/ka˨˩.tan˧.juː˧/(R)

Adjective

กตัญญู • (gà-dtan-yuu) (abstract noun ความกตัญญู)

1. grateful.

Antonyms

• อกตัญญู (à-gà-dtan-yuu)