See also: บ่น and บิน

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicบน
ɓ n
RomanizationPaiboonbon
Royal Institutebon
(standard) IPA(key)/bon˧/(R)

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *ɓɯnᴬ (sky; heaven). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷᩫ᩠ᨶ, Lao ບົນ (bon), ᦥᦳᧃ (bun) or ᦢᦳᧃ (ḃun), Shan ဝူၼ် (wǔun) or မူၼ် (mǔun), Zhuang mbwn, Bouyei mbenl, Saek บึ๋น, Tày bôn.

Preposition

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บน (bon)

  1. on; up; upon; above; over.

Adjective

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บน (bon)

  1. upper; high; higher.

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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From Old Khmer pan.

Verb

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บน (bon) (abstract noun การบน)

  1. (archaic) to promise; to pledge.
  2. to ask (a supernatural being) to grant one's wish, with a promise to give or do something in return.
  3. (archaic, now slang) to bribe.

Noun

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บน (bon)

  1. (archaic) promise; pledge.
  2. promise or pledge to give something to or do something for a supernatural being in return for granting one's wish.

Derived terms

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