ขน

See also: ขึ้น, ขุน, and ข้น

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • khana (Latin script)
  • 𑀔𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • खन (Devanagari script)
  • খন (Bengali script)
  • ඛන (Sinhalese script)
  • ခန or ၶၼ (Burmese script)
  • ขะนะ (Thai script)
  • ᨡᨶ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຂນ or ຂະນະ (Lao script)
  • ខន (Khmer script)
  • 𑄈𑄚 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
  • khaṇa (Latin script)
  • 𑀔𑀡 (Brahmi script)
  • खण (Devanagari script)
  • খণ (Bengali script)
  • ඛණ (Sinhalese script)
  • ခဏ or ၶꧣ (Burmese script)
  • ขณ or ขะณะ (Thai script)
  • ᨡᨱ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຂຓ or ຂະຓະ (Lao script)
  • ខណ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄈𑄕 (Chakma script)

Verb

ขน

  1. Thai script form of khana, imperative active second-person singular of ขนติ (khaṇati, “to dig”)

Thai

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicขน
kʰ n
RomanizationPaiboonkǒn
Royal Institutekhon
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰon˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *q.pɯlᴬ (“body hair; feather”). Cognate with Lao ຂົນ (khon), Lü ᦃᦳᧃ (ẋun), Tai Dam ꪶꪄꪙ, Tai Nüa ᥑᥨᥢᥴ (xón), Shan ၶူၼ် (khǔun), Aiton ၵုꩫ် (khun), Ahom 𑜁𑜤𑜃𑜫 (khun), Bouyei benl, Zhuang bwn, Nong Zhuang koan, Saek ปุ๋น.

Noun

ขน • (kǒn)

  1. body hair.
  2. fur; wool.
  3. feather.
Derived terms
  • ขนลุก
  • ขนสัตว์

See also

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ຂົນ (khon), Saek ขุ่น.

Verb

ขน • (kǒn) (abstract noun การขน)

  1. to transport; to carry away.
See also
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