กตัญญู

Thai

Etymology

From Pali kataññū (grateful), ultimately from Sanskrit कृतज्ञ (kṛtajña, acknowledging what has been done for one). Cognate with Lao ກະຕັນຍູ (ka tan nyū).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกตัญญู
k t ạ ɲ ɲ ū
Phonemic
กะ-ตัน-ยู
k a – t ạ n – y ū
RomanizationPaiboongà-dtan-yuu
Royal Instituteka-tan-yu
(standard) IPA(key)/ka˨˩.tan˧.juː˧/(R)

Adjective

กตัญญู • (gà-dtan-yuu) (abstract noun ความกตัญญู)

  1. grateful.

Antonyms