ขวาน

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Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *xwaːnᴬ (axe). Cognate with Lao ຂວານ (khuān), ᦧᦱᧃ (ẋwaan) or ᦃᦱᧃ (ẋaan), Tai Dam ꪄꪫꪱꪙ, Shan ၵႂၢၼ် (kwǎan) or ၶႂၢၼ် (khwǎan), Ahom 𑜁𑜃𑜫 (khan), Nong Zhuang kvan.

Pronunciation

Orthographicขวาน
kʰ w ā n
Phonemic
ขฺวาน
kʰ ̥ w ā n
RomanizationPaiboonkwǎan
Royal Institutekhwan
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰwaːn˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ขวาน (kwǎan) (classifier เล่ม)

  1. axe.