ทาน

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See also: ท่าน

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ทาน n

  1. Thai script form of dāna (giving)

Declension

Thai

Etymology 1

From Pali dāna (alms; donation; gift) or Sanskrit दान (dāna, idem); perhaps via Old Khmer dāna, dān (idem); extended as Sanskrit प्रदान (pradāna), Old Khmer pradāna, from which Thai ประทาน (bprà-taan) was derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer ទាន (tiən); Lao ທານ (thān).

Pronunciation

Orthographicทาน
d ā n
Phonemic
ทาน
d ā n

ทา-นะ-
d ā – n a –

ทาน-นะ-
d ā n – n a –
RomanizationPaiboontaantaa-ná-taan-ná-
Royal Institutethantha-na-than-na-
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaːn˧/(R)/tʰaː˧.na˦˥.//tʰaːn˧.na˦˥./
Homophones

Noun

ทาน (taan)

  1. alms; donation; gift.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicทาน
d ā n
RomanizationPaiboontaan
Royal Institutethan
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaːn˧/(R)
Homophones

Verb

ทาน (taan) (abstract noun การทาน)

  1. to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc); to serve as a foundation (for).
  2. to offer resistance (to); to oppose.
  3. to sustain or withstand (weight, pressure, strain, etc).
  4. to undergo or endure with patience; to tolerate.
  5. to proof; to examine for flaws, errors, etc.

Etymology 3

Clipping of รับประทาน (ráp-bprà-taan).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicทาน
d ā n
RomanizationPaiboontaan
Royal Institutethan
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaːn˧/(R)
Homophones

Verb

ทาน (taan) (abstract noun การทาน)

  1. (colloquial) to consume; to eat; to take; to drink.
    ทานหมากฝรั่ง
    taan màak-fà-ràng
    To chew gum.
    ทานก๋วยเตี๋ยว
    taan gǔai-dtǐao
    To eat noodles.
    ทานเหล้า
    taan lâo
    To drink liquor.
Synonyms