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ขวาน

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *xwaːnᴬ (axe). Cognate with Lao ຂວານ (khuān), ᦧᦱᧃ (ẋwaan) or ᦃᦱᧃ (ẋaan), Tai Dam ꪄꪫꪱꪙ, Shan ၵႂၢၼ် (kwǎan) or ၶႂၢၼ် (khwǎan), Ahom 𑜁𑜃𑜫 (khan), Nong Zhuang kvan.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicขวาน
kʰ w ā n
Phonemic
ขฺวาน
kʰ ̥ w ā n
RomanizationPaiboonkwǎan
Royal Institutekhwan
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰwaːn˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

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ขวาน (kwǎan) (classifier เล่ม)

  1. axe.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ขวาน” 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.