กิเลน

Thai

qilin as sculpture

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) กีเลน

Etymology

From Hainanese 麒麟 (hi2 lin2).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กิเลน k i e l n
Phonemic		กิ-เลน k i – e l n
Romanization	Paiboon	gì-leen
	Royal Institute	ki-len
(standard) IPA(key)		/ki˨˩.leːn˧/(R)

Noun

กิเลน • (gì-leen)

1. qilin, mythological Chinese dragon-headed, scaly, four-footed creature.