นิทาน

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Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali nidāna. Cognate with Lao ນິທານ (ni thān), ᦓᦲᧉᦑᦱᧃ (nii²taan), Northern Thai ᨶᩥᨴᩤ᩠ᨶ.

Pronunciation

Orthographicนิทาน
n i d ā n
Phonemic
นิ-ทาน
n i – d ā n
RomanizationPaiboonní-taan
Royal Instituteni-than
(standard) IPA(key)/ni˦˥.tʰaːn˧/(R)
Homophonesนิธาน

Noun

นิทาน (ní-taan)

  1. fable; story; tale; folklore; fairy-tale.