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กัน

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicกัน
k ạ n
RomanizationPaiboongan
Royal Institutekan
(standard) IPA(key)/kan˧/(R)
Homophones

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *kanᴬ (each other; together). Cognate with Lao ກັນ (kan), ᦂᧃ (k̇an), Shan ၵၼ် (kǎn), Ahom 𑜀𑜃𑜫 (kan).

Adverb

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กัน (gan)

  1. together; jointly; altogether
  2. each other; one another

Pronoun

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กัน (gan)

  1. (slang, obsolete) a first person pronoun used when speaking to a male friend

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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From Middle Chinese (MC kan, “to shield; to protect”). Cognate with Lao ກັນ (kan), Tai Dam ꪀꪽ, Shan ၵၼ် (kǎn), Khmer កាល់ (kal).

Verb

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กัน (gan) (abstract noun การกัน)

  1. (transitive) to hinder; to prevent; to bar
  2. (transitive) to reserve
  3. (transitive) to set aside; to keep (out, away, etc)

Noun

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กัน (gan)

  1. (archaic) a type of war elephants employed to surround and protect a military body
  2. a type of barges in the royal barge procession, used to protect a royal barge on both sides

Derived terms

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Etymology 3

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From Old Khmer កាល្ល៑ (kāll, to trim close to the root or flush with the ground). Cognate with Modern Khmer កាល់ (kal).

Verb

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กัน (gan) (abstract noun การกัน)

  1. (transitive, of eyebrows, mustaches, hair, etc) to shape, especially by shaving or trimming
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Further reading

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  • กัน” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.