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Thai
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *swɯːnᴬ (“garden”). Compare Middle Chinese 園 (MC hjwon, “garden”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈ᩠ᩅᩁ, Lao ສວນ (sūan), Lü ᦷᦉᧃ (ṡon), Shan သူၼ် (sǔun), Ahom 𑜏𑜤𑜃𑜫 (sun), Zhuang suen.
Noun
สวน • (sǔuan)
- park; garden; orchard; plantation.
- zoo (with some particular kinds of animal).
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Cognate with Lao ສວນ (sūan).
Verb
สวน • (sǔuan) (abstract noun การสวน)
- to come or pass in the opposite directions
- to give an enema
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Old Khmer *svar (“to ask; to question”), extended as saṃnvar, whence Thai สำนวน (sǎm-nuuan).
Verb
สวน • (sǔuan) (abstract noun การสวน)
- (archaic, transitive) to ask; to inquire; to question; to interrogate.
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ราชบัณฑิตยสภา (2020) พจนานุกรมโบราณศัพท์ ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสภา (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: สำนักงานราชบัณฑิตยสภา, →ISBN, page 312