Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicปั้น
p ạ ˆ n
RomanizationPaiboonbpân
Royal Institutepan
(standard) IPA(key)/pan˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1

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Possibly from Hokkien (pân) or Teochew (bang5). Compare Khmer ប៉ាន់ (pan).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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ปั้น (bpân)

  1. earthen teapot.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Southwestern Tai *panꟲ² (to mold (clay); to clench; to wring; to fist). Cognate with Southern Thai ปั้น (to shape; to squeeze), Lao ປັ້ນ (pan), ᦔᧃᧉ (ṗan²), Shan ပၼ်ႈ (pān, to grasp; to squeeze), Phake ပꩫ် (pan), Ahom 𑜆𑜃𑜫 (pan, to grasp; to squeeze).

Verb

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ปั้น (bpân) (abstract noun การปั้น)

  1. (used of soft or malleable things, as clay, plasticine, wax, dough, etc) to shape or form by kneading, massaging, pressing, squeezing, or the like.
  2. (used negatively) to concoct; to create; to devise; to fabricate; to invent.
  3. (figurative) to train: to guide or teach, as by subjecting to exercises or experiences.

Classifier

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ปั้น (bpân)

  1. a classifier for soft or malleable things worked into round shapes by kneading, massaging, pressing, squeezing, etc.
Derived terms
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