ขณะ

Thai

Etymology

From Pali khaṇa, from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Cognate with Mon ခၞ, Khmer ខណៈ (khaʼnaʼ), Lao ຂະນະ (kha na), Burmese ခဏ (hka.na.).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ขณะ kʰ ɳ a
Phonemic		ขะ-หฺนะ kʰ a – h ̥ n a
Romanization	Paiboon	kà-nà
	Royal Institute	kha-na
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰa˨˩.naʔ˨˩/(R)

Noun

ขณะ • (kà-nà)

1. moment; while.

Derived terms

• ในขณะที่ (nai-kà-nà-tîi)