สวน

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicสวน
s w n
RomanizationPaiboonsǔuan
Royal Institutesuan
(standard) IPA(key)/sua̯n˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesสรวล

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *swɯːnᴬ (garden). Compare Middle Chinese (MC hjwon, “garden”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈ᩠ᩅᩁ, Lao ສວນ (sūan), ᦷᦉᧃ (ṡon), Shan သူၼ် (sǔun), Ahom 𑜏𑜤𑜃𑜫 (sun), Zhuang suen.

Noun

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สวน (sǔuan)

  1. park; garden; orchard; plantation.
  2. zoo (with some particular kinds of animal).
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Khmer: សួន (suən)

Etymology 2

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Cognate with Lao ສວນ (sūan).

Verb

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สวน (sǔuan) (abstract noun การสวน)

  1. to come or pass in the opposite directions
  2. to give an enema

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Old Khmer *ស្វរ៑ (*svar, to ask; to question),[1] extended as សំន្វរ៑ (saṃnvar), whence Thai สำนวน (sǎm-nuuan). Cognate with Modern Khmer សួរ (suə).

Verb

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สวน (sǔuan) (abstract noun การสวน)

  1. (archaic, now in compounds, transitive) to ask; to inquire; to question; to interrogate.[1]
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Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Pali savana (listening). Compare Sanskrit श्रवण (śravaṇa).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Orthographicสวน
s w n
Phonemic
[bound form]
สะ-วะ-นะ-
s a – w a – n a –
RomanizationPaiboonsà-wá-ná-
Royal Institutesa-wa-na-
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.wa˦˥.na˦˥./

Noun

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สวน (sà-wá-ná-)

  1. (literary) listening (act).
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 ราชบัณฑิตยสภา (2020) พจนานุกรมโบราณศัพท์ ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสภา (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: สำนักงานราชบัณฑิตยสภา, →ISBN, page 312