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นั่ง

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See also: นิ่ง

Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *naŋᴮ (to sit). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶᩢ᩠᩵ᨦ, Lao ນັ່ງ (nang), ᦓᧂᧈ (nang¹), Tai Dam ꪙꪰ꪿ꪉ, Shan ၼင်ႈ (nāng), Aiton ꩫ︀င︀် (naṅ), Ahom 𑜃𑜂𑜫 (naṅ), Zhuang naengh, Saek หนั้ง.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicนั่ง
n ạ ˋ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonnâng
Royal Institutenang
(standard) IPA(key)/naŋ˥˩/(R)

Verb

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นั่ง (nâng) (abstract noun การนั่ง)

  1. to sit; to be seated
  2. (archaic) to chair, to preside (over); to rule, to administer
  3. (figurative) to stay; to reside

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • นั่ง” 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.