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ระหว่าง

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Thai

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Khmer ល្វាង៑ (lvāṅ), លវាង៑ (lavāṅ, distance between (two points in space or time): space, gap; interval, period; time, occasion; etc). Cognate with Modern Khmer រវាង (rɔviəng). Also cognate with Thai ระวาง (rá-waang).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicระหว่าง
r a h w ˋ ā ŋ
Phonemic
ระ-หฺว่าง
r a – h ̥ w ˋ ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonrá-wàang
Royal Institutera-wang
(standard) IPA(key)/ra˦˥.waːŋ˨˩/(R)

Noun

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ระหว่าง (rá-wàang)

  1. distance (between two points in space or time): space, gap; interval, duration, period; meanwhile; etc.
  2. time; occasion

Preposition

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ระหว่าง (rá-wàang)

  1. between; amongst; amidst; against; versus
  2. during
    คดีอยู่ระหว่างพิจารณา
    ká-dii yùu rá-wàang pí-jaa-rá-naa
    The case is pending trial.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ระหว่าง” 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.