ขุนหมื่น

Thai

Etymology

From ขุน (kǔn, “chief, lord, master; a noble rank, a person holding this rank; etc”) +‎ หมื่น (mʉ̀ʉn, “a noble rank, a person holding this rank, etc”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicขุนหมื่น
kʰ u n h m ụ̄ ˋ n
Phonemic
ขุน-หฺมื่น
kʰ u n – h ̥ m ụ̄ ˋ n
RomanizationPaiboonkǔn-mʉ̀ʉn
Royal Institutekhun-muen
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰun˩˩˦.mɯːn˨˩/(R)

Noun

ขุนหมื่น • (kǔn-mʉ̀ʉn)

  1. (historical) minor officials, especially those holding the noble rank of ขุน (kǔn) or หมื่น (mʉ̀ʉn) or entitled to less than four hundred fiefs.
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