ตำนาน

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Thai

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Etymology

From Old Khmer tamฺnāl.

Pronunciation

Orthographicตำนาน
t å n ā n
Phonemic
ตำ-นาน
t å – n ā n
RomanizationPaiboondtam-naan
Royal Institutetam-nan
(standard) IPA(key)/tam˧.naːn˧/(R)

Noun

ตำนาน (dtam-naan)

  1. (Buddhism) chapter (of the Paritta scripture).
  2. (obsolete) history.
    ตำนานเงินตรา
    dtam-naan ngən-dtraa
    History of currency
    ตำนานกฎหมาย
    dtam-naan gòt-mǎai
    History of law; legal history
  3. legend: traditional, unauthenticated story.
  4. legend: collection of stories about someone or something admirable; the person or thing that is the centre thereof.

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