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เหรียญ

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Thai

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Portuguese real (former currency of Portugal) with adaptation to be similar with Pali hirañña. Cognate with Lao ຫຼຽນ (līan), Malay riyal, and Khmer រៀល (riəl). Doublet of เรียล (riial).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเหรียญ
e h r ī y ɲ
Phonemic
เหฺรียน
e h ̥ r ī y n
RomanizationPaiboonrǐian
Royal Instituterian
(standard) IPA(key)/ria̯n˩˩˦/(R)
Audio

Noun

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เหรียญ (rǐian) (classifier เหรียญ or อัน)

  1. coin.
  2. (dated) dollar.
  3. medal.

Classifier

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เหรียญ (rǐian)

  1. Classifier for coins, dollars, medals, etc.