คุณ

See also: คูณ

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• guṇa (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀼𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• गुण (Devanagari script)
• গুণ (Bengali script)
• ගුණ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂုဏ or ၷုꧣ (Burmese script)
• คุณะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩩᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຸຓ or ຄຸຓະ (Lao script)
• គុណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄪𑄕 (Chakma script)

Noun

คุณ m

1. Thai script form of guṇa

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Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• K' (K')
• K. (K.)
• ขุ่น (kùn)
• จุ่น (jùn)

 

Etymology

From Pali guṇa (“cord; fibre; quality”) or from Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, “quality, feature, attribute; merit, virtue; etc”); probably via . Cognate with Lao ຄຸນ (khun); Khmer គុណ (kun); Old Javanese guṇa.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		คุณ g u ɳ
Phonemic		คุน g u n	[bound form] คุน-นะ- g u n – n a –
Romanization	Paiboon	kun	kun-ná-
	Royal Institute	khun	khun-na-
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰun˧/(R)	/kʰun˧.na˦˥./
Audio

Noun

คุณ • (kun)

1. attribute; characteristic; property.
2. benefit; interest; use.
3. magic; black magic; black art; occult; supernatural power.
4. excellence; goodness.
5. morality; virtue.
6. (พระ~) favour; kindness.
7. a noble title given to an unmarried woman who has been conferred with the royal decoration of Chula Chom Klao (second class to fourth class).
8. (colloquial, polite) used as a title for or term of address to anyone out of respect.

Usage notes

• (noble title): If the woman is married, the title คุณหญิง (kun-yǐng) is used. As for the woman who is a member of the special second class or higher class, the title ท่านผู้หญิง (tân-pûu-yǐng) is used, irrespective of the marital status.

Pronoun

คุณ • (kun)

1. (colloquial, polite) a second or third person pronoun, used out of respect.