คณะ

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Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit गण (gaṇa, “band; class; group; herd; etc”). Cognate with Old Khmer gaṇa, gana, gaṇā, ganā; Angkorian Old Khmer gaṇa, gana, gan, gann; Modern Khmer គណៈ (kĕəʼnaʼ), គណ (kŭən), គ្នា (kniə).

Pronunciation

Orthographicคณะ
g ɳ a
Phonemic
คะ-นะ
g a – n a
RomanizationPaiboonká-ná
Royal Institutekha-na
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˦˥.naʔ˦˥/(R)
Homophonesฆน
ฆนะ

Noun

คณะ • (ká-ná)

  1. group or body (of persons, animals, etc).
    คณะรักษาความสงบเรียบร้อยแห่งชาติ
    ká-ná rák-sǎa kwaam-sà-ngòp-rîiap-rɔ́ɔi hɛ̀ng châat
    National Peacekeeping Council.
    เรียกหัวหน้าคณะงิ้วมา
    rîiak hǔua-nâa ká-ná ngío maa
    Call the chief of the opera band here.
    เราทำงานกันเป็นหมู่คณะ
    rao tam ngaan gan bpen mùu ká-ná
    We work as a team.
  2. (education) faculty or equivalent body in a higher education institution.
    คณะนิติศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
    ká-ná ní-dtì-sàat má-hǎa-wít-tá-yaa-lai tam-má-sàat
    Faculty of Law, Thammasat University.
    คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
    ká-ná paa-nít-chá-yá-sàat lɛ́ gaan-dan-chii má-hǎa-wít-tá-yaa-lai tam-má-sàat
    Business School, Thammasat University.
  3. (prosody) structure of poetry, especially in terms of units or words required for each form or type of poetry.
    คณะของกาพย์ยานี คือ ๑ บทมี ๒ บาท ๑ บาทมี ๒ วรรค วรรคหน้ามี ๕ คำ วรรคหลังมี ๖ คำ
    ká-ná kɔ̌ɔng gàap-yaa-nii kʉʉ nʉ̀ng bot mii sɔ̌ɔng bàat nʉ̀ng bàat mii sɔ̌ɔng wák wák nâa mii hâa kam wák lǎng mii hòk kam
    The structure of gàap-yaa-nii is as follows: Each stanza contains two lines. Each lines contains two parts. The first part has five words. The second, six words.

Derived terms

Classifier

คณะ

  1. Classifier for groups, organizations, teams, parties, etc
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