คน

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicคน
g n
RomanizationPaiboonkon
Royal Institutekhon
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰon˧/(R)
Homophonesคนธ์
คล

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɢwɯnᴬ (human being; person). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨤᩫ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຄົນ (khon), ᦅᦳᧃ (kun), Shan ၵူၼ်း (kúun), Tai Nüa ᥐᥨᥢᥰ (kön), Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜃𑜫 (kun).

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Noun

คน (kon) (classifier คน)

  1. person; people; human being.
Derived terms

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See also

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Classifier

คน (kon)

  1. Classifier for most human beings.all nouns using this classifier
See also

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ຄົນ (khon), Shan ၶူၼ်ႉ (khṵ̂un), Ahom 𑜁𑜤𑜃𑜫 (khun).

Verb

คน (kon) (abstract noun การคน)

  1. to stir; to scramble; to mix.