เข็ญ

Thai edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩮ᩠ᨶ or ᨡᩮᩢ᩠ᨶ, Lao ເຂັນ (khen), Khün ᨡᩮ᩠ᨶ, Lü ᦃᦲᧃ (ẋiin) or ᦵᦃᧃ (ẋen), Shan ၶဵၼ် (khǎen), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜃𑜫 (khin). The spelling of the word was contaminated by เพ็ญ (pen) which is a loanword from Old Khmer.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic		เข็ญ e kʰ ˘ ɲ
Phonemic		เข็น e kʰ ˘ n
Romanization	Paiboon	kěn
	Royal Institute	khen
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kʰen˩˩˦/^(R)
Homophones edit		เข็น

Adjective edit

เข็ญ • (kěn) (abstract noun ความเข็ญ)

difficult; hard; poor.

Derived terms edit

See also edit

ลำเค็ญ

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