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Thai
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ณ ɳ | ||
| Phonemic | นอ n ɒ | นอ เนน n ɒ e n n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | nɔɔ | nɔɔ neen |
| Royal Institute | no | no nen | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /nɔː˧/(R) | /nɔː˧.neːn˧/(R) | |
| Homophones | |||
Letter
ณ • (nɔɔ)
- nɔɔ neen (ณ เณร), the 19th consonant letter of the Thai alphabet.
Usage notes
- This letter belongs to the Thai low consonant class
See also
- น (nɔɔ nǔu) (a Thai letter with the same pronunciation of the same class)
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Probably a corrupted form of ใน (nai), according to some. Compare Old Khmer ណា (ṇā), នា (nā, “place, position, site, location; destination; time, moment, occasion; etc”); Modern Khmer ណា (naa), នា (niə); Old Mon na, Lao ນະ (na).
Alternative forms
- (archaic): ณะ (ná)
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ณ ɳ | |
| Phonemic | นะ n a | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | ná |
| Royal Institute | na | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /naʔ˦˥/(R) | |
| Homophones | นะ | |
Preposition
ณ • (ná)