Jump to content

คร้าน

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Thai

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɡraːnꟲ² (“lazy”), from Old Chinese 懶 (OC *raːnʔ, “lazy”).[1] Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣᩕ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨶ, Khün ᨤ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຄ້ານ (khān), Lü ᦆᦱᧃᧉ (xaan²), Shan ၶၢၼ်ႉ (khâ̰an), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥢᥳ (xȧan).

Pronunciation

[edit]
Orthographicคร้าน
g r ˆ ā n
Phonemic
คฺร้าน
g ̥ r ˆ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonkráan
Royal Institutekhran
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰraːn˦˥/(R)

Adjective

[edit]

คร้าน • (kráan) (abstract noun ความคร้าน)

  1. (now often in combination) lazy; idle; inactive; sluggish.

Synonyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=คร้าน&oldid=80610150"