Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicโกน
o k n
RomanizationPaiboongoon
Royal Institutekon
(standard) IPA(key)/koːn˧/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Middle Khmer កោរ (kora), កោ (ko, to shave (off)). Cognate with Lao ໂກນ (kōn).

Verb edit

โกน (goon) (abstract noun การโกน)

  1. to shave.

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer កោន៑ (kon), កោន្ន៑ (konn), កុន៑ (kun), ក្វន៑ (kvan, child, offspring). Compare Modern Khmer កូន (koun), Mon ကောန် (kon). Doublet of กูน (guun).

Noun edit

โกน (goon)

  1. (poetic) child (son or daughter).