วิญญาณ

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit विज्ञान (vijñāna, “consciousness”) and Pali viññāṇa (“consciousness”). Cognate with Khmer វិញ្ញាណ (vɨññiən), Khün ᩅᩥᨬ᩠ᨬᩣᨱ, Lao ວິນຍານ (win nyān), Burmese ဝိညာဉ် (wi.nyany).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		วิญญาณ w i ɲ ɲ ā ɳ
Phonemic		วิน-ยาน w i n – y ā n	[bound form] วิน-ยา-นะ- w i n – y ā – n a –	[bound form] วิน-ยาน-นะ- w i n – y ā n – n a –
Romanization	Paiboon	win-yaan	win-yaa-ná-	win-yaan-ná-
	Royal Institute	win-yan	win-ya-na-	win-yan-na-
(standard) IPA(key)		/win˧.jaːn˧/(R)	/win˧.jaː˧.na˦˥./	/win˧.jaːn˧.na˦˥./

Noun

วิญญาณ • (win-yaan) (classifier ดวง)

1. soul.

   มีวิญญาณ 2 ดวงตามติดคอยช่วยเหลือและให้โชคเธอ

   mii win-yaan · 2 · duuang dtaam dtìt kɔɔi chûai-lʉ̌ʉa lɛ́ hâi chôok təə

   There are two souls that are following you around, waiting to help you and bring you good luck.