เกษียณ
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit क्षीण (kṣīṇa, “destroyed; wasted; lost; etc”). Cognate with Lao ກະສຽນ (ka sīan).
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | เกษียณ e k ʂ ī y ɳ | |
| Phonemic | กะ-เสียน k a – e s ī y n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | gà-sǐian |
| Royal Institute | ka-sian | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ka˨˩.sia̯n˩˩˦/(R) | |
| Homophones | เกษียน เกษียร | |
Verb edit
เกษียณ • (gà-sǐian) (abstract noun การเกษียณ)
- (elegant, of an age, time, period, etc) to come to an end; to terminate.
- (colloquial) to reach the retirement age; to retire from work upon reaching the retirement age.