บน
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Thai
Pronunciation
| Orthographic/Phonemic | บน ɓ n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | bon |
| Royal Institute | bon | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /bon˧/(R) | |
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *ɓɯnᴬ (“sky; heaven”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷᩫ᩠ᨶ, Lao ບົນ (bon), Lü ᦥᦳᧃ (bun) or ᦢᦳᧃ (ḃun), Shan ဝူၼ် (wǔun) or မူၼ် (mǔun), Zhuang mbwn, Bouyei mbenl, Saek บึ๋น, Tày bôn.
Preposition
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บน • (bon)
Adjective
บน • (bon)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
บน • (bon) (abstract noun การบน)
- (archaic) to promise; to pledge.
- to ask (a supernatural being) to grant one's wish, with a promise to give or do something in return.
- (archaic, now slang) to bribe.
Noun
บน • (bon)
- (archaic) promise; pledge.
- promise or pledge to give something to or do something for a supernatural being in return for granting one's wish.