เรือน

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเรือน
e r ụ̄ ɒ n
RomanizationPaiboonrʉʉan
Royal Instituteruean
(standard) IPA(key)/rɯa̯n˧/(R)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *rɯənᴬ⁴ (house), from Proto-Tai *rɤːnᴬ (house). Cognate with Southern Thai เริน, Isan เฮือน, Lao ເຮືອນ (hư̄an), Northern Thai ᩁᩮᩬᩥᩁ (hɯan⁴) or ᩁᩮᩥ᩠ᨶ (hɤɤn⁴), Khün ᩁᩮᩨ᩠ᨶ, ᦵᦣᦲᧃ (hoen), Tai Dam ꪹꪭꪙ (ꞌhướn), Tai Dón ꪭꪷꪙ, Shan ႁိူၼ်း (hóen), Tai Nüa ᥞᥫᥢᥰ (höen), Ahom 𑜍𑜢𑜤𑜃𑜫 (rün), Bouyei raanz, Zhuang ranz, Zuojiang Zhuang rwenz. Compare Old Chinese (OC *dan),[1] Sui xgaanz, Southern Kam yanc, Proto-Be *zaːnᴬ² (house) (whence Longtang Be zan²).

Noun

เรือน • (rʉʉan) (classifier เรือน or หลัง)

  1. walled and roofed building raised on stilts, used for residence.
  2. (loosely or by extension, somewhat dated) house; residential building; residence.
  3. (figurative) family; household.
  4. (by extension or in combination) house: building for any purpose.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

เรือน • (rʉʉan)

  1. shape, form; style, pattern.
  2. base, support, stand, or the like, as the shank of a ring (that supports the head).
Derived terms
  • เรือนร่าง

Etymology 3

Noun

เรือน • (rʉʉan)

  1. number; amount.

Preposition

เรือน • (rʉʉan)

  1. numbering; amounting to.

Etymology 4

Classifier

เรือน • (rʉʉan)

  1. Classifier for clocks, watches, or the like.

References

  1. ^ Schuessler, A. (2007). ABC etymological dictionary of Old Chinese. University of Hawaii Press.