แว่น

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicแว่น
æ w ˋ n
Phonemic
{Unorthographical; Short}
แว็่น
æ w ˘ ˋ n
RomanizationPaiboonwɛ̂n
Royal Institutewaen
(standard) IPA(key)/wɛn˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1

Noun

แว่น • (wɛ̂n)

  1. circular piece (of something sliced, of glass, etc).
  2. (figurative) piece (of something flat), as tract or plot (of land).
Derived terms

Classifier

แว่น • (wɛ̂n)

  1. Classifier for circular pieces (of something sliced).

Etymology 2

From clipping of แว่นส่อง, from แว่น (wɛ̂n, “circular piece (of glass)”) +‎ ส่อง (sɔ̀ng, “to look”).

Noun

แว่น • (wɛ̂n)

  1. (archaic) mirror.
  2. (archaic, figurative) guide; guidance; manual.

Etymology 3

From clipping of แว่นตา (wɛ̂n-dtaa), from แว่น (wɛ̂n, “circular piece (of glass)”) +‎ ตา (dtaa, “to eye”).

Noun

แว่น • (wɛ̂n)

  1. (colloquial) eyeglasses.
  2. (colloquial) similar eyewear, as goggles, etc.
Derived terms

Verb

แว่น • (wɛ̂n)

  1. (slang) to wear eyeglasses.
    สาวแว่น
    sǎao wɛ̂n
    glasses girl
    หนุ่มแว่น
    nùm wɛ̂n
    glasses boy
the fern

Etymology 4

Noun

แว่น • (wɛ̂n)

  1. (ผัก~) the edible fern Marsilea crenata of the family Marsileaceae.
นกแว่นสีเทา (nók-wɛ̂n-sǐi-tao, “grey peacock-pheasant, Burmese peacock-pheasant”), the bird Polyplectron bicalcaratum of the family Phasianidae

Etymology 5

Noun

แว่น • (wɛ̂n) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (นก~) any of the birds of the family Phasianidae.

Etymology 6

Verb

แว่น • (wɛ̂n)

  1. (archaic) to jump; to leap.
  2. (archaic) to come; to arrive.

Adverb

แว่น • (wɛ̂n)

  1. (archaic) swiftly; rapidly; fleetly; nimbly.
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