หน้า

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Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰnaːᶜ (face). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶ᩶ᩣ, Lao ໜ້າ (), ᦐᦱᧉ (ṅaa²), Tai Dam ꪘ꫁ꪱ, Tai Dón ꪘꪱꫂ, Tày nả, Shan ၼႃႈ (nāa), Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥲ (làa) or ᥢᥣᥲ (nàa), Ahom 𑜃𑜠 (na) or 𑜃𑜡 (), Zhuang naj. Compare Proto-Be *naːᴮꟲ¹, whence Lingao na³. Compare also Burmese နှာ (hna).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหน้า
h n ˆ ā
Phonemic
น่า
n ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonnâa
Royal Institutena
(standard) IPA(key)/naː˥˩/(R)
Homophonesน่า

Noun

หน้า (nâa)

  1. face; surface; front.
  2. (figurative) person.
  3. (figurative) reputation; dignity.
  4. page (as of a book).
  5. occasion; season; period.

Adjective

หน้า (nâa)

  1. front.
  2. next.

Derived terms

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Preposition

หน้า (nâa)

  1. in front of
  2. before