สวน

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicสวน
s w n
RomanizationPaiboonsǔuan
Royal Institutesuan
(standard) IPA(key)/sua̯n˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesสรวล

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *swɯːnᴬ (garden). Compare Middle Chinese (MC hjwon, “garden”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈ᩠ᩅᩁ, Lao ສວນ (sūan), ᦷᦉᧃ (ṡon), Shan သူၼ် (sǔun), Ahom 𑜏𑜤𑜃𑜫 (sun), Zhuang suen.

Noun

สวน (sǔuan)

  1. park; garden; orchard; plantation.
  2. zoo (with some particular kinds of animal).
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Khmer: សួន (suən)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ສວນ (sūan).

Verb

สวน (sǔuan) (abstract noun การสวน)

  1. to come or pass in the opposite directions
  2. to give an enema

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Khmer *ស្វរ៑ (*svar, to ask; to question),[1] extended as សំន្វរ៑ (saṃnvar), whence Thai สำนวน (sǎm-nuuan). Cognate with Modern Khmer សួរ (suə).

Verb

สวน (sǔuan) (abstract noun การสวน)

  1. (archaic, now in compounds, transitive) to ask; to inquire; to question; to interrogate.[1]
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Pali savana (listening). Compare Sanskrit श्रवण (śravaṇa).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Orthographicสวน
s w n
Phonemic

สะ-วะ-นะ-
s a – w a – n a –
RomanizationPaiboonsà-wá-ná-
Royal Institutesa-wa-na-
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.wa˦˥.na˦˥./

Noun

สวน (sà-wá-ná-)

  1. (literary) listening (act).
Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 ราชบัณฑิตยสภา (2020) พจนานุกรมโบราณศัพท์ ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสภา (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: สำนักงานราชบัณฑิตยสภา, →ISBN, page 312