อุน
Thai
Alternative forms
- อูน (uun)
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali ūna (“minus; less; fewer; inferior; defective; etc”), ultimately from Sanskrit ऊन (ūna, “idem”).[1]
Pronunciation
| Orthographic/Phonemic | อุน ɒ u n | |
|---|---|---|
| Romanization | Paiboon | un |
| Royal Institute | un | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ʔun˧/(R) | |
Noun
อุน • (un)
- (astrology, lunar calendar) the fourteenth day of the waning moon of an odd month, being the last day of that month[1]
- 1681, พระราชพงษาวดารกรุงเก่า ฉบับหลวงประเสริฐอักษรนิติ์, กรุงเทพฯ: โรงพิมพ์ไทย, published 1907, page 21:
Usage notes
- Under the Thai lunar calendar, an even month has thirty days, the last of which is the fifteenth day of the waning moon, and an odd month has twenty-nine days, the last of which is the fourteenth day of the waning moon.