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ข้าง

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See also: ข่าง

Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *k.raːŋꟲ (side; ribs). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ (as in ᨡᩦ᩶ᨡ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ, ᩈ᩠ᩅ᩶ᨦᨡ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ), Lao ຂ້າງ (khāng), Shan ၶၢင်ႈ (khāang) and ၶၢင်း (kháang), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥒᥲ (xàang), Phake ၵင် (khaṅ), Ahom 𑜁𑜂𑜫 (khaṅ) or 𑜁𑜞𑜂𑜫 (khraṅ), Zhuang hangj (as in ndokhangj), Zuojiang Zhuang hangj. Compare Proto-Austronesian *baʀaŋ, *tageʀaŋ (rib).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicข้าง
kʰ ˆ ā ŋ
Phonemic
ค่าง
g ˋ ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkâang
Royal Institutekhang
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːŋ˥˩/(R)
Homophonesค่าง

Preposition

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ข้าง (kâang)

  1. towards; in the direction of.
  2. beside; on the side of; by.

Noun

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ข้าง (kâang)

  1. side; flank.
    ข้างบน
    kâang bon
    above; upstairs; on the upper side
    ข้างล่าง
    kâang lâang
    below; under; downstairs
  2. ribs

Adverb

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ข้าง (kâang)

  1. nearby.

Classifier

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ข้าง (kâang)

  1. Classifier for parts of the human body, shoe, side.all nouns using this classifier

Derived terms

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