สวน

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicสวน
s w n
RomanizationPaiboonsǔuan
Royal Institutesuan
(standard) IPA(key)/sua̯n˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesสรวล

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *swɯːnᴬ (garden). Compare Middle Chinese (MC hjwon, “garden”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈ᩠ᩅᩁ, Lao ສວນ (sūan), ᦷᦉᧃ (ṡon), Shan သူၼ် (sǔun), Ahom 𑜏𑜤𑜃𑜫 (sun), Zhuang suen.

Noun

สวน (sǔuan)

  1. park; garden; orchard; plantation.
  2. zoo (with some particular kinds of animal).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Khmer: សួន (suən)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ສວນ (sūan).

Verb

สวน (sǔuan) (abstract noun การสวน)

  1. to come or pass in the opposite directions
  2. to give an enema