น้อง
Thai
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *nwoːŋᶜ (“younger sibling”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶᩬ᩶ᨦ; Lao ນ້ອງ (nǭng); Lü ᦓᦸᧂᧉ (noang²); Tai Dam ꪙ꫁ꪮꪉ; Shan ၼွင်ႉ (nâ̰ung); Ahom 𑜃𑜨𑜂𑜫 (noṅ); Bouyei nuangx; Zhuang nuengx, nongx.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic/Phonemic | น้อง n ˆ ɒ ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | nɔ́ɔng |
| Royal Institute | nong | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /nɔːŋ˦˥/(R) | |
Noun
น้อง • (nɔ́ɔng) (classifier คน)
- younger brother; younger sister.
- younger person.
- (colloquial, sometimes considered offensive) subordinate; inferior; servant.
- used as a title for or term of address to a younger brother, younger sister, or younger person; used by such person as a self-reference when addressing an elder brother, elder sister, or older person.
- used as an affectionate title for or affectionate term of address to a beloved, younger person; used by such person as a self-reference when addressing a beloved, older person.
- (slang) used as an affectionate title for or affectionate term of address to an animal, object, etc.
- (colloquial, sometimes considered offensive) used as a term of address to a subordinate, inferior, or servant.