See also: หน้า

Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ʰnaːᴬ (thick). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ, Khün ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ, Lao ໜາ (), ᦐᦱ (ṅaa), Tai Dam ꪘꪱ, Tai Dón ꪘꪱ, Tày na, Shan ၼႃ (nǎa), Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥴ (láa) or ᥢᥣᥴ (náa), Aiton ꩫႃ (), Phake ꩫႃ (), Ahom 𑜃𑜡 (), Bouyei nal, Zhuang na. Compare Sui qnal, Southern Kam nal, Proto-Hlai *C-naː (whence naː¹~naː⁴~naː³ across the different lects).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicหนา
h n ā
Phonemic
หฺนา
h ̥ n ā
RomanizationPaiboonnǎa
Royal Institutena
(standard) IPA(key)/naː˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

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หนา (nǎa) (abstract noun ความหนา)

  1. thick.

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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