ᨦᩮᩥ᩠ᨶ

Northern Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋɯənᴬ⁴ (“silver”), from Old Chinese 銀 (OC *ŋrɯn), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur. Cognate with Thai เงิน (ngən), Lao ເງິນ (ngœn), Lü ᦇᦹᧃ (nguen), Tai Dam ꪹꪉꪷꪙ, Shan ငိုၼ်း (ngúen), Tai Nüa ᥒᥫᥢᥰ (ngöen), Phake င︀ိုꩫ︀် (ṅün), Ahom 𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜃𑜫 (ṅün), Bouyei nganz, Zhuang ngaenz, Saek แญ๊น.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ᨦᩮᩥ᩠ᨶ
Phonemic {Unorthographical; Short}		เงิ็น e ŋ i ˘ n
Romanization	Paiboon	ngən
	Royal Institute	ngoen
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)		/ŋɤn˧/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)		/ŋɤn˧˧˦/

Noun

ᨦᩮᩥ᩠ᨶ • (transliteration needed)

1. silver
2. money