ชั้น

See also: ชน and ชิ้น

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɟanꟲ⁴ (“layer”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩᩢ᩠᩶ᨶ, Lao ຊັ້ນ (san), Lü ᦋᧃᧉ (tsan²) or ᦶᦋᧃᧉ (tsaen²), Shan ၸၼ်ႉ (tsâ̰n), Ahom 𑜋𑜃𑜫 (chan).

In taxonomy, semantic loan from English class.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicชั้น
d͡ʑ ạ ˆ n
RomanizationPaiboonchán
Royal Institutechan
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰan˦˥/(R)

Noun

ชั้น • (chán)

  1. class, rank, grade.
  2. storey, floor, level.
  3. layer.
  4. shelf.
  5. (taxonomy) class

See also

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