ปั้น
Thai edit
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic/Phonemic | ปั้น p ạ ˆ n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | bpân |
| Royal Institute | pan | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pan˥˩/(R) | |
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly from Hokkien 瓶 (pân) or Teochew 瓶 (bang5). Compare Khmer ប៉ាន់ (pan).
Alternative forms edit
- ป้าน (bpâan)
Noun edit
ปั้น • (bpân)
Etymology 2 edit
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), Lü ᦔᧃᧉ (ṗan²), Shan ပၼ်ႈ (pān, “to grasp; to squeeze”), Phake ပꩫ် (pan), Ahom 𑜆𑜃𑜫 (pan, “to grasp; to squeeze”).
Verb edit
ปั้น • (bpân) (abstract noun การปั้น)
- (used of soft or malleable things, as clay, plasticine, wax, dough, etc) to shape or form by kneading, massaging, pressing, squeezing, or the like.
- (used negatively) to concoct; to create; to devise; to fabricate; to invent.
- (figurative) to train: to guide or teach, as by subjecting to exercises or experiences.
Classifier edit
ปั้น • (bpân)
- a classifier for soft or malleable things worked into round shapes by kneading, massaging, pressing, squeezing, etc.