อ่าน
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Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tai *ʔaːnᴮ (“to recite”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩋ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ອ່ານ (ʼān), Tai Dam ꪮ꪿ꪱꪙ, Lü ᦀᦱᧃᧈ (˙ʼaan¹), Shan ဢၢၼ်ႇ (ʼàan), Ahom 𑜒𑜃𑜫 (ʼan), Tày án. Compare Khmer អាន (ʼaan).
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic/Phonemic | อ่าน ɒ ˋ ā n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | àan |
| Royal Institute | an | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ʔaːn˨˩/(R) | |
| Audio | ||
Verb
[edit]อ่าน • (àan) (abstract noun การอ่าน)
- (transitive) to read
- (transitive) to count