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เกษียณ

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit क्षीण (kṣīṇa, destroyed; wasted; lost; etc). Cognate with Lao ກະສຽນ (ka sīan).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเกษียณ
e k ʂ ī y ɳ
Phonemic
กะ-เสียน
k a – e s ī y n
RomanizationPaiboongà-sǐian
Royal Instituteka-sian
(standard) IPA(key)/ka˨˩.sia̯n˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesเกษียน
เกษียร

Verb

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เกษียณ (gà-sǐian) (abstract noun การเกษียณ)

  1. (elegant, of an age, time, period, etc) to come to an end; to terminate.
  2. (colloquial) to reach the retirement age; to retire from work upon reaching the retirement age.

Derived terms

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