Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Pali khaṇa, from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Cognate with Mon ခၞ, Khmer ខណៈ (khaʼnaʼ), Lao ຂະນະ (kha na), Burmese ခဏ (hka.na.).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicขณะ
kʰ ɳ a
Phonemic
ขะ-หฺนะ
kʰ a – h ̥ n a
RomanizationPaiboonkà-nà
Royal Institutekha-na
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˨˩.naʔ˨˩/(R)

Noun edit

ขณะ (kà-nà)

  1. moment; while.

Derived terms edit