โบราณ

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Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Pali porāṇa, purāṇa (“original; primitive; pristine; etc”), ultimately from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇa, “idem”), possibly via Old Khmer porāna (“old; ancient; etc”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷᩪᩁᩣ᩠ᨱ, ᨷ᩠ᩅᩫᩁᩣ᩠ᨱ, Lao ບຸລານ (bu lān), ບູຮານ (bū hān), ໂບຮານ (bō hān), Modern Khmer បុរាណ (boraan).

Pronunciation

Orthographicโบราณ
o ɓ r ā ɳ
Phonemic
โบ-ราน
o ɓ – r ā n

โบ-ราน-นะ-
o ɓ – r ā n – n a –
RomanizationPaiboonboo-raanboo-raan-ná-
Royal Institutebo-ranbo-ran-na-
(standard) IPA(key)/boː˧.raːn˧/(R)/boː˧.raːn˧.na˦˥./

Adjective

โบราณ • (boo-raan) (abstract noun ความโบราณ)

  1. ancient; old; antique.
  2. archaic; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded.
  3. (slang) conservative.
  4. (slang) original.

Derived terms

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