เชาวน์

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Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit जवन (javana, quick) or Pali javana (quick).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเชาวน์
e d͡ʑ ā w n ʻ
Phonemic
เชา
e d͡ʑ ā
RomanizationPaiboonchao
Royal Institutechao
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaw˧/(R)
Homophonesเชาว์

Noun

เชาวน์ (chao)

  1. wit, quick thinking, intelligence, often used with ปัญญา (bpan-yaa) "wisdom"
    พ่ออยากให้ลูกมีเชาวน์ปัญญาสูง
    pɔ̂ɔ yàak hâi lûuk mii chao bpan-yaa sǔung
    The father wants his children to be highly intelligent (lit. "to have high intelligence").