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หนังสือ

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Thai

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Etymology

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From หนัง (nǎng, peel; skin; etc) +‎ สือ (sʉ̌ʉ, character; letter; script; etc); literally “skin of letters”, referring to a piece of skin on which something is written.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicหนังสือ
h n ạ ŋ s ụ̄ ɒ
Phonemic
หฺนัง-สือ
h ̥ n ạ ŋ – s ụ̄ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonnǎng-sʉ̌ʉ
Royal Institutenang-sue
(standard) IPA(key)/naŋ˩˩˦.sɯː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

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หนังสือ (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ) (classifier เล่ม or ฉบับ)

  1. letter; character; script.
  2. written form.
    สัญญานี้ต้องทำเป็นหนังสือ
    sǎn-yaa níi dtɔ̂ng tam bpen nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ
    This contract must be made in writing.
  3. written message.
  4. document.
  5. literary work.
  6. book.
    นักเรียนอ่านหนังสืออยู่
    nák-riian àan nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ yùu
    Students are reading books.
  7. knowledge, especially one derived from a book or books.

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