ต้น

Thai

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩫ᩠᩶ᨶ, Khün ᨲᩫ᩠᩶ᨶ, Lao ຕົ້ນ (ton), Lü ᦎᦳᧃᧉ (ṫun²), Shan တူၼ်ႈ (tūun), Tai Nüa ᥖᥨᥢᥲ (tòn), Phake တုꩫ် (tun), Ahom 𑜄𑜤𑜃𑜫 (tun).

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicต้น
t ˆ n
RomanizationPaiboondtôn
Royal Instituteton
(standard) IPA(key)/ton˥˩/(R)

Noun

ต้น • (dtôn)

  1. tree (used to precede any plant's name)
    ต้นมะพร้าว
    dtôn má-práao
    coconut tree
  2. trunk (of a tree); stalk.
  3. beginning; source.

Derived terms

Classifier

ต้น • (dtôn)

  1. Classifier for plants, posts and pillars. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

Derived terms

See also
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