โทน

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Thai

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drum
egret (Ardea alba modesta pictured)

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicโทน
o d n
RomanizationPaiboontoon
Royal Institutethon
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰoːn˧/(R)

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly cognate with Modern Khmer តោល (taol, “singly; alone; isolated; all by oneself”). Compare Middle Chinese 單 (MC tan, “single; sole; individual; etc”).

Adjective

โทน • (toon)

  1. one; sole; single; alone; isolated; unique; exclusive

Noun

โทน • (toon)

  1. (music) a type of traditional Thai music.
  2. (music) (กลอง~) a type of traditional Thai hand drum, similar to goblet drum.
Descendants
  • (drum): → Khmer: ថូន (thoun)

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

โทน • (toon) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (zoology) egret

Etymology 3

From English tone.

Noun

โทน • (toon)

  1. (colloquial, of sounds, colours, manners, etc) tone; shade; mood.
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