Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Pali kāraṇa (case, matter; cause, motive, reason, root; etc), or from Sanskrit कारण (kāraṇa, reason; reasoning; action; etc). Cognate with Modern Khmer ការណ៍ (kaa).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicการณ์
k ā r ɳ ʻ
Phonemic
กาน
k ā n
RomanizationPaiboongaan
Royal Institutekan
(standard) IPA(key)/kaːn˧/(R)
Homophones
Audio

Noun edit

การณ์ (gaan)

  1. (formal, elegant) event, happening, incident, situation; activity, action, act, deed; business, affair, matter, case.
  2. (formal, elegant) cause; factor; reason; origin; root; motive.

Derived terms edit