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เงิน

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋɯənᴬ⁴ (“silver”), from Old Chinese 銀 (OC *ŋrɯn), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur. Cognate with Lao ເງິນ (ngœn), Northern Thai ᨦᩮᩥ᩠ᨶ, Lü ᦇᦹᧃ (nguen), Tai Dam ꪹꪉꪷꪙ, Shan ငိုၼ်း (ngúen), Tai Nüa ᥒᥫᥢᥰ (ngöen), Phake ငိုꩫ် (ṅün), Ahom 𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜃𑜫 (ṅün), Bouyei nganz, Zhuang ngaenz, Saek แญ๊น, Proto-Hmong-Mien *ɲʷi̯ən, Chinese 銀 / 银 (yín), Japanese 銀 (gin), Korean 은 (eun), Vietnamese ngân.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเงิน
e ŋ i n
Phonemic
{Unorthographical; Short}
เงิ็น
e ŋ i ˘ n
RomanizationPaiboonngən
Royal Institutengoen
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋɤn˧/(R)

Noun

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เงิน • (ngən)

  1. silver (metal).
    Synonym: (in compound substances) ซิลเวอร์
  2. (สี~) silver (color).
  3. money.
    มีเงินเท่าไร
    mii ngən tâo-rai
    How much money do you have?

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “เงิน” 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.
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