คุณ

See also: คูณ

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• guṇa (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀼𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• गुण (Devanagari script)
• গুণ (Bengali script)
• ගුණ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂုဏ or ၷုꧣ (Burmese script)
• คุณะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩩᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຸຓ or ຄຸຓະ (Lao script)
• គុណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄪𑄕 (Chakma script)

Noun

คุณ m

1. Thai script form of guṇa (“string”)
2. Thai script form of guṇa (“quality”)

Declension

Declension table of "คุณ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	คุโณ (guṇo)	คุณา (guṇā)
Accusative (second)	คุณํ (guṇaṃ)	คุเณ (guṇe)
Instrumental (third)	คุเณน (guṇena)	คุเณหิ (guṇehi) or คุเณภิ (guṇebhi)
Dative (fourth)	คุณสฺส (guṇassa) or คุณาย (guṇāya) or คุณตฺถํ (guṇatthaṃ)	คุณานํ (guṇānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	คุณสฺมา (guṇasmā) or คุณมฺหา (guṇamhā) or คุณา (guṇā)	คุเณหิ (guṇehi) or คุเณภิ (guṇebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	คุณสฺส (guṇassa)	คุณานํ (guṇānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	คุณสฺมิํ (guṇasmiṃ) or คุณมฺหิ (guṇamhi) or คุเณ (guṇe)	คุเณสุ (guṇesu)
Vocative (calling)	คุณ (guṇa)	คุณา (guṇā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গুণ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬸᬡ (Balinese script)
• গুণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰲𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀼𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ဂုဏ (Burmese script)
• गुण (Devanagari script)
• ગુણ (Gujarati script)
• ਗੁਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍁𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦸꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂳𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಗುಣ (Kannada script)
• គុណ (Khmer script)
• ຄຸຓ (Lao script)
• ഗുണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘳𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠤᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧔𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐸𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଗୁଣ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢸꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆶𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖲𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ගුණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩒𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚰𑚘 (Takri script)
• கு³ண (Tamil script)
• గుణ (Telugu script)
• གུ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒳𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨃𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

คุณ • (guṇá) stem, m

1. Thai script form of गुण (“merit”)

Thai

Alternative forms

• K' (K')
• K. (K.)
• ขุ่น (kùn)
• คูม (kuum)
• จุ่น (jùn)

 

Etymology

From Pali guṇa (“cord; fibre; quality”) or from Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, “quality, feature, attribute; merit, virtue; etc”); probably via Old Khmer គុណ (guṇa, “attribute; excellence; interest; merit; property; quality; supernatural power; virtue”). Cognate with Lao ຄຸນ (khun); Khmer គុណ (kun); Old Javanese guṇa.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		คุณ g u ɳ
Phonemic		คุน g u n	[bound form] คุน-นะ- g u n – n a –
Romanization	Paiboon	kun	kun-ná-
	Royal Institute	khun	khun-na-
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰun˧/(R)	/kʰun˧.na˦˥./
Audio

Noun

คุณ • (kun)

1. attribute; characteristic; property.
2. benefit; interest; use.
3. magic; black magic; black art; occult; supernatural power.
4. excellence; goodness.
5. morality; virtue.
6. (พระ~) favour; kindness.
7. a noble title given to an unmarried woman who has been conferred with the royal decoration of Chula Chom Klao (second class to fourth class).
8. (colloquial, polite) used as a title for or term of address to anyone out of respect.

Usage notes

• (noble title): If the woman is married, the title คุณหญิง (kun-yǐng) is used. As for the woman who is a member of the special second class or higher class, the title ท่านผู้หญิง (tân-pûu-yǐng) is used, irrespective of the marital status.

Derived terms

• ขอบคุณ (kɔ̀ɔp-kun)
• คุณค่า (kun-kâa)
• คุณงามความดี
• คุณชาย
• คุณธรรม (kun-ná-tam)
• คุณนาม
• คุณนาย (kun-naai)
• คุณบท
• คุณประโยชน์
• คุณพระ (kun-prá)
• คุณพระคุณเจ้า
• คุณพระช่วย
• คุณพิเศษ
• คุณภาพ (kun-ná-pâap)
• คุณลักษณะ
• คุณวิเศษ
• คุณวุฒิ
• คุณศัพท์ (kun-ná-sàp)
• คุณสมบัติ (kun-ná-sǒm-bàt)
• คุณไสย
• คุณหญิง (kun-yǐng)
• คุณหนู
• คุณหลวง
• คุณากร
• คุณูปการ
• คุโณปการ
• บุญคุณ

 

Pronoun

คุณ • (kun)

1. (colloquial, polite) a second or third person pronoun, used out of respect.

See also

Thai personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	m	ผม (pǒm)	เรา (rao)
	f	ดิฉัน (dì-chǎn)
	f or neutral (colloquial)	ฉัน (chǎn)
2nd person		คุณ (kun)
3rd person	m and f	เขา (kǎo)
	n	มัน (man)