ข้าง

See also: ข่าง

Thai

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) ฃ้าง (kâang)

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *k.raːŋꟲ (“side; ribs”).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ (as in ᨡᩦ᩶ᨡ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ, ᩈ᩠ᩅ᩶ᨦᨡ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ), Lao ຂ້າງ (khāng), Shan ၶၢင်ႈ (khāang) and ၶၢင်း (kháang), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥒᥲ (xàang), Phake ၵင် (khaṅ), Ahom 𑜁𑜂𑜫 (khaṅ) or 𑜁𑜞𑜂𑜫 (khraṅ), Zhuang hangj in ndokhangj (“ribs”) (dialectal), Zuojiang Zhuang hangj. Compare Proto-Austronesian *baʀaŋ, *tageʀaŋ (“rib”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicข้าง
kʰ ˆ ā ŋ
Phonemic
ค่าง
g ˋ ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkâang
Royal Institutekhang
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːŋ˥˩/(R)
Homophonesค่าง

Preposition

ข้าง • (kâang)

  1. towards; in the direction of.
  2. beside; on the side of; by.

Noun

ข้าง • (kâang)

  1. side; flank.
    บน
    kâang bon
    above; upstairs; on the upper side
    ล่าง
    kâang lâang
    below; under; downstairs
  2. ribs

Adverb

ข้าง • (kâang)

  1. nearby.

Classifier

ข้าง • (kâang)

  1. Classifier for parts of the human body, shoe, side. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 326
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