ขน

See also: ขึ้น, ขุน, and ข้น

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• khana (Latin script)
• 𑀔𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• खन (Devanagari script)
• খন (Bengali script)
• ඛන (Sinhalese script)
• ခန or ၶၼ (Burmese script)
• ขะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨡᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂນ or ຂະນະ (Lao script)
• ខន (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄚 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• khaṇa (Latin script)
• 𑀔𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• खण (Devanagari script)
• খণ (Bengali script)
• ඛණ (Sinhalese script)
• ခဏ or ၶꧣ (Burmese script)
• ขณ or ขะณะ (Thai script)
• ᨡᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂຓ or ຂະຓະ (Lao script)
• ខណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄕 (Chakma script)

Verb

ขน

1. Thai script form of khana, imperative active second-person singular of ขนติ (khaṇati, “to dig”)

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ขน kʰ n
Romanization	Paiboon	kǒn
	Royal Institute	khon
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰon˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *q.pɯlᴬ (“body hair; feather”). Cognate with Lao ຂົນ (khon), Lü ᦃᦳᧃ (ẋun), Tai Dam ꪶꪄꪙ, Tai Nüa ᥑᥨᥢᥴ (xón), Shan ၶူၼ် (khǔun), Aiton ၵုꩫ် (khun), Ahom 𑜁𑜤𑜃𑜫 (khun), Bouyei benl, Zhuang bwn, Nong Zhuang koan, Saek ปุ๋น.

Noun

ขน • (kǒn)

1. body hair.
2. fur; wool.
3. feather.

Derived terms

• ขนลุก
• ขนสัตว์

 

See also

• ผม (pǒm)

 

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ຂົນ (khon), Saek ขุ่น.

Verb

ขน • (kǒn) (abstract noun การขน)

1. (transitive, as from one place to another) to take; to bring; to carry; to transport.

Derived terms

• ขนทรายเข้าวัด
• ขนส่ง (kǒn-sòng)