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Thai
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali ūna (“minus; less; fewer; inferior; defective; etc”), ultimately from Sanskrit ऊन (ūna, “idem”).
Pronunciation
Noun
อุน • (un)
- (astrology, lunar calendar) the fourteenth day of the waning moon of an odd month, being the last day of that month
Usage notes
- Under the Thai lunar calendar, an even month has thirty days, the last of which is the fifteenth day of the waning moon, and an odd month has twenty-nine days, the last of which is the fourteenth day of the waning moon.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ราชบัณฑิตยสภา (2020) พจนานุกรมโบราณศัพท์ ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสภา (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: สำนักงานราชบัณฑิตยสภา, →ISBN, page 295: “วันอุน (ป., ส. อูน = ขาด) น. วันแรม ๑๔ ค่ำในเดือนคี่ ซึ่งเรียกว่าเดือนขาด แล้วข้ามไปขึ้น ๑ ค่ำในเดือนคู่ ซึ่งเรียกว่าเดือนเต็ม”