พรรณนา

Thai

Alternative forms

• วรรณนา

Etymology

From Old Khmer barṇanā (“to depict, to describe; to explain, to expound; etc”); ultimately from Sanskrit वर्णन (varṇana, “description; narration; painting”). Compare Modern Khmer ពណ៌នា (pɔənaʼniə).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พรรณนา b r r ɳ n ā
Phonemic		พัน-นะ-นา b ạ n – n a – n ā
Romanization	Paiboon	pan-ná-naa
	Royal Institute	phan-na-na
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰan˧.na˦˥.naː˧/(R)

Verb

พรรณนา • (pan-ná-naa) (abstract noun การพรรณนา)

1. to depict, to describe; to explain, to expound.

Derived terms

• พรรณนาโวหาร