ประเชิญ

Thai

Alternative forms

• เผชิญ (pà-chəən)

Etymology

From Old Khmer prajeñ (“to face, to confront; to collide, to run (into); to join, to put together, to combine; etc”); extended form of Old Khmer *jeñ (“to meet; to join”), from which Thai เชิญ (chəən) was derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ประเชิญ p r a e d͡ʑ i ɲ
Phonemic		ปฺระ-เชิน p ̥ r a – e d͡ʑ i n
Romanization	Paiboon	bprà-chəən
	Royal Institute	pra-choen
(standard) IPA(key)		/pra˨˩.t͡ɕʰɤːn˧/(R)

Verb

ประเชิญ • (bprà-chəən) (abstract noun การประเชิญ)

1. (elegant) to face; to confront; to meet.
2. (of cloth) to seam.