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พื้น

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See also: พัน

Thai

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *bɯːnꟲ⁴ (ground, earth) (Jonsson, 1991), from Middle Chinese (MC pwonX, “origin, foundation”). Cognate with Lao ພື້ນ (phư̄n), Northern Thai ᨻᩨ᩠᩶ᨶ, ᦗᦹᧃᧉ (puen²), Shan ပိုၼ်ႉ (pṵ̂en), Phake ပ︀ိုꩫ︀် (pün), Ahom 𑜆𑜢𑜤𑜃𑜫 (pün). Cognate via Chinese: Zhuang bonj. Doublet of ปึ๊ง (bpʉ́ng) via Teochew.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicพื้น
b ụ̄ ˆ n
RomanizationPaiboonpʉ́ʉn
Royal Institutephuen
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰɯːn˦˥/(R)

Noun

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พื้น (pʉ́ʉn)

  1. floor (lower part of a room); ground.
  2. foundation; basis.
  3. (mathematics) floor function.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • พื้น” 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.