Jump to content

กตัญญู

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Thai

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Pali kataññū (grateful), ultimately from Sanskrit कृतज्ञ (kṛtajña, acknowledging what has been done for one). Cognate with Lao ກະຕັນຍູ (ka tan nyū).

Pronunciation

[edit]
Orthographicกตัญญู
k t ạ ɲ ɲ ū
Phonemic
กะ-ตัน-ยู
k a – t ạ n – y ū
RomanizationPaiboongà-dtan-yuu
Royal Instituteka-tan-yu
(standard) IPA(key)/ka˨˩.tan˧.juː˧/(R)

Adjective

[edit]

กตัญญู (gà-dtan-yuu) (abstract noun ความกตัญญู)

  1. grateful.

Antonyms

[edit]