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ตน

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Sanskrit

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicตน
t n
RomanizationPaiboondton
Royal Instituteton
(standard) IPA(key)/ton˧/(R)

Etymology 1

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Cognate with Lao ຕົນ (ton), Northern Thai ᨲᩫ᩠ᨶ, Khün ᨲᩫ᩠ᨶ, ᦎᦳᧃ (ṫun), Shan တူၼ် (tǔun), Tai Nüa ᥖᥨᥢ (ton).

Noun

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ตน (dton)

  1. self; oneself
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of the "self" sense of Etymology 1?”)

Classifier

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ตน (dton)

  1. Classifier for giants, demons, hermits, ascetics, and the like.

Further reading

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  • ตน” 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.