ณ

See also: ณ.

ณ U+0E13, ณ THAI CHARACTER NO NEN ← ฒ [U+0E12] Thai ด → [U+0E14]

Thai

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ณ ɳ
Phonemic		นอ n ɒ	นอ เนน n ɒ    e n n
Romanization	Paiboon	nɔɔ	nɔɔ neen
	Royal Institute	no	no nen
(standard) IPA(key)		/nɔː˧/(R)	/nɔː˧.neːn˧/(R)
Homophones edit		น น. นอ

Letter

ณ • (nɔɔ)

1. nɔɔ neen (ณ เณร), the 19th consonant letter of the Thai alphabet.

Usage notes

• This letter belongs to the Thai low consonant class

See also

• น (nɔɔ nǔu) (a Thai letter with the same pronunciation of the same class)

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Probably a corrupted form of ใน (nai), according to some. Compare Old Khmer ណា (ṇā), នា (nā, “place, position, site, location; destination; time, moment, occasion; etc”); Modern Khmer ណា (naa), នា (niə); Old Mon na, Lao ນະ (na).

Alternative forms

• (archaic): ณะ (ná)

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ณ ɳ
Phonemic		นะ n a
Romanization	Paiboon	ná
	Royal Institute	na
(standard) IPA(key)		/naʔ˦˥/(R)
Homophones edit		นะ

Preposition

ณ • (ná)

1. at; in; on.
2. (used as part of noble family names) of; from.

See also

• nobiliary particles in other languages: German "von"; French, Spanish, and Portuguese "de"