ผืน

Thai

Etymology

Cognate with Lao ຜືນ (phư̄n), Shan ၽိုၼ် (phǔen), Ahom 𑜇𑜢𑜤𑜃𑜫 (phün).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ผืน pʰ ụ̄ n
Romanization	Paiboon	pʉ̌ʉn
	Royal Institute	phuen
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰɯːn˩˩˦/(R)

Classifier

ผืน • (pʉ̌ʉn)

1. Classifier for various kinds of fabric material, and strips or sections of land. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

Derived terms

• ผืนดิน
• สี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า (sìi-lìiam-pʉ̌ʉn-pâa)

Further reading

• “ผืน” 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.