Southern Thai

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Adjective

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อาน (transliteration needed)

  1. sterile; barren (of animals)

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicอาน
ɒ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonaan
Royal Institutean
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaːn˧/(R)
Audio

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *ʔaːnᴬ (saddle),[1] from Middle Chinese (“saddle”).

Cognate with Lao ອານ (ʼān), Shan ဢၢၼ် (ʼǎan), Ahom 𑜒𑜃𑜫 (ʼan), Zhuang an.

Noun

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อาน (aan)

  1. saddle.

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

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อาน (aan)

  1. painfully
  2. heavily; dreadfully

Etymology 3

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From Khmer អាន (ʼaan, to sharpen).

Verb

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อาน (aan) (abstract noun การอาน)

  1. to sharpen; to whet (swords, spears, etc.)

Etymology 4

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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อาน (aan) (abstract noun การอาน)

  1. to make offerings of food

Etymology 5

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From Pali āna.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicอาน
ɒ ā n
Phonemic
[bound form]
อา-นะ-
ɒ ā – n a –
RomanizationPaiboonaa-ná-
Royal Institutea-na-
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaː˧.na˦˥./

Noun

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อาน (aa-ná-)

  1. breathing in
Antonyms
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References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 342