Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicแขวน
æ kʰ w n
Phonemic
แขฺวน
æ kʰ ̥ w n
RomanizationPaiboonkwɛ̌ɛn
Royal Institutekhwaen
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰwɛːn˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Tai *qweːnᴬ (to hang up). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡ᩠ᩅᩯᩁ, Lao ແຂວນ (khǣun), ᦶᦧᧃ (ẋwaen), Shan ၵႅၼ် (kěn) or ၽႅၼ် (phěn), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜐𑜫 (khiñ).

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

Verb edit

แขวน (kwɛ̌ɛn) (abstract noun การแขวน)

  1. to hang; to suspend.
  2. to hang; to be hung; to be suspended.
  3. (slang) to expose to public humiliation; to subject to public shaming.
  4. (slang) to put off from consideration: to table, to shelve, etc.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

แขวน (kwɛ̌ɛn)

  1. (carpentry, architecture) a type of traditional roof framing which connects เต้า (dtâo) with จันทัน (jan-tan).