อาน

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Southern Thai

Adjective

อาน (transliteration needed)

  1. sterile; barren (of animals)

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicอาน
ɒ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonaan
Royal Institutean
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaːn˧/(R)
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Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʔaːnᴬ (saddle), from Middle Chinese (“saddle”). Cognate with Lao ອານ (ʼān), Shan ဢၢၼ် (ʼǎan), Ahom 𑜒𑜃𑜫 (ʼan).

Noun

อาน (aan)

  1. saddle.

Etymology 2

Adverb

อาน (aan)

  1. painfully
  2. heavily; dreadfully

Etymology 3

From Khmer អាន (ʼaan, to sharpen).

Verb

อาน (aan) (abstract noun การอาน)

  1. to sharpen; to whet (swords, spears, etc.)

Etymology 4

Verb

อาน (aan) (abstract noun การอาน)

  1. to make offerings of food

Etymology 5

From Pali āna.

Pronunciation

Orthographicอาน
ɒ ā n
Phonemic

อา-นะ-
ɒ ā – n a –
RomanizationPaiboonaa-ná-
Royal Institutea-na-
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaː˧.na˦˥./

Noun

อาน (aa-ná-)

  1. breathing in
Antonyms