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Thai
Etymology
From ของ (kɔ̌ɔng, “thing”) + หมั้น (mân, “betrothal; engagement”).
Probably first used in 1934, when the Act Promulgating Book 5 of the Civil and Commercial Code 1934 (พระราชบัญญัติให้ใช้บทบัญญัติบรรพ ๕ แห่งประมวลกฎหมายแพ่งและพาณิชย์ พุทธศักราช ๒๔๗๗) was drafted (signed into law on 27 May 1935).
Pronunciation
Noun
ของหมั้น • (kɔ̌ɔng-mân)
- (law) engagement gift: property given by a man or his family to a woman as evidence that he will marry her.