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Etymology

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Unknown. Compare Lao ຊະນິດ (sa nit).

In taxonomy, semantic loan from English species.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicชนิด
d͡ʑ n i ɗ
Phonemic
ชะ-นิด
d͡ʑ a – n i ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonchá-nít
Royal Institutecha-nit
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰa˦˥.nit̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

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ชนิด (chá-nít)

  1. type; kind; class; sort; variety.
  2. (taxonomy) species
    Synonyms: สปีชีส์ (sà-bpii-chîi), พรรณ (pan)

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