อาน

Southern Thai

Adjective

อาน (transliteration needed)

  1. sterile; barren (of animals)

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicอาน
ɒ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonaan
Royal Institutean
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaːn˧/(R)
Audio

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʔaːnᴬ (“saddle”).[1]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ອານ (ʼān), Shan ဢၢၼ် (ʼǎan), Ahom 𑜒𑜃𑜫 (ʼan)

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang an.

Compare Chinese 鞍 (OC *[ʔ]ˤa[n] or *qaːn, “saddle”).[2]

Noun

อาน • (aan)

  1. saddle.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

อาน • (aan)

  1. painfully
  2. heavily; dreadfully

Etymology 3

From Khmer អាន (ʼaan, “to sharpen”).

Verb

อาน • (aan) (abstract noun การอาน)

  1. to sharpen; to whet (swords, spears, etc.)

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

อาน • (aan) (abstract noun การอาน)

  1. to make offerings of food

Etymology 5

From Pali āna.

Pronunciation

Orthographicอาน
ɒ ā n
Phonemic
[bound form]
อา-นะ-
ɒ ā – n a –
RomanizationPaiboonaa-ná-
Royal Institutea-na-
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaː˧.na˦˥./

Noun

อาน • (aa-ná-)

  1. breathing in
Antonyms
  • อปาน (“breathing out”)

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 342
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 370
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