ประทาน

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Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रदान (pradāna, donation; gift; offering; etc); possibly via Old Khmer pradāna (to give; to grant). Cognate with Modern Khmer ប្រទាន (prɑtiən); Lao ປະທານ (pa thān).

Pronunciation

Orthographicประทาน
p r a d ā n
Phonemic
ปฺระ-ทาน
p ̥ r a – d ā n

ปฺระ-ทาน-นะ-
p ̥ r a – d ā n – n a –
RomanizationPaiboonbprà-taanbprà-taan-ná-
Royal Institutepra-thanpra-than-na-
(standard) IPA(key)/pra˨˩.tʰaːn˧/(R)/pra˨˩.tʰaːn˧.na˦˥./
Homophonesประธาน

Verb

ประทาน (bprà-taan) (abstract noun การประทาน)

  1. (used of a person in authority or exalted person) to give; to grant.

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