งาน

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Thai

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨦᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ງານ (ngān), ᦇᦱᧃ (ngaan), Tai Dam ꪉꪱꪙ, Shan ငၢၼ်း (ngáan), Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥢᥰ (ngäan).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicงาน
ŋ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonngaan
Royal Institutengan
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋaːn˧/(R)

Noun

งาน (ngaan) (classifier งาน or ชิ้น)

  1. job; work.
  2. task.
  3. ngan, area of land equal to a quarter of rai (ไร่), or 100 square wa (ตารางวา), or 400 square meters, very nearly a tenth of an acre.

Derived terms

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