Thai edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

Etymology edit

From Old Khmer tamฺnāl.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicตำนาน
t å n ā n
Phonemic
ตำ-นาน
t å – n ā n
RomanizationPaiboondtam-naan
Royal Institutetam-nan
(standard) IPA(key)/tam˧.naːn˧/(R)

Noun edit

ตำนาน (dtam-naan)

  1. (Buddhism) chapter (of the Paritta scripture).
  2. (obsolete) history.
    ตำนานเงินตรา
    dtam-naan ngən-dtraa
    History of currency
    ตำนานกฎหมาย
    dtam-naan gòt-mǎai
    History of law; legal history
  3. legend: traditional, unauthenticated story.
  4. legend: collection of stories about someone or something admirable; the person or thing that is the centre thereof.

Derived terms edit