หวาน

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Pronunciation

Orthographicหวาน
h w ā n
Phonemic
หฺวาน
h ̥ w ā n
RomanizationPaiboonwǎan
Royal Institutewan
(standard) IPA(key)/waːn˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *C̥.waːlᴬ (“sweet; delicious”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨶ, Khün ᩉ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຫວານ (wān), Lü ᦛᦱᧃ (v̇aan), Shan ဝၢၼ် (wǎan), Tai Nüa ᥝᥣᥢᥴ (wáan), Tai Dam ꪪꪱꪙ, Phake ဝꩫ် (wan), Ahom 𑜈𑜃𑜫 (ban), Zhuang van, Saek หว่าน. Compare Sui faanl (“sweet”), Southern Kam kuanp (“sweet”).

Adjective

หวาน • (wǎan) (abstract noun ความหวาน)

  1. sweet.
  2. (slang, humorous) sexy.
    เอวหวาน
    eeo wǎan
    sexy waist
  3. (of a screw, nut, etc) loose; keeping coming loose.
  4. (slang) easy (to do, to deal with, etc).
Derived terms

See also

Basic tastes in Thai · รส หรือ รสชาติ (layout · text)
หวาน (wǎan) เปรี้ยว (bprîao),
ส้ม (sôm) 		เค็ม (kem) ขม (kǒm) เผ็ด (pèt) อูมามิ (uu-maa-mí)

Etymology 2

Noun

หวาน • (wǎan)

  1. (ผัก~) Sauropus androgynus
  2. (ผัก~) Melientha suavis
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