See also: นิ่ง

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *naŋᴮ (to sit). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶᩢ᩠᩵ᨦ, Lao ນັ່ງ (nang), ᦓᧂᧈ (nang¹), Tai Dam ꪙꪰ꪿ꪉ, Shan ၼင်ႈ (nāng), Aiton ꩫင် (naṅ), Ahom 𑜃𑜂𑜫 (naṅ), Zhuang naengh, Saek หนั้ง.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicนั่ง
n ạ ˋ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonnâng
Royal Institutenang
(standard) IPA(key)/naŋ˥˩/(R)

Verb edit

นั่ง (nâng) (abstract noun การนั่ง)

  1. to sit; to be seated.
  2. (archaic) to chair, to preside (over); to rule, to administer.
  3. (figurative) to stay; to reside.

Derived terms edit