มนุษย์

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya, human). Compare Pali manussa, from which Thai มนุสส์ is derived. Cognate with Burmese မနုဿ (ma.nu.ssa.), Indonesian manusia, Javanese manungsa, Khmer មនុស្ស (mɔnuh), Lao ມະນຸດ (ma nut), Malay manusia, Northern Thai ᨾᨶᩩᩇ᩠ᨿ᩺, Shan မၼုၵ်ႉသႃႉ (mǎ nṵ̂k sâ̰a).

Pronunciation

Orthographicมนุษย์
mnuʂyʻ
Phonemic
มะ-นุด
manuɗ
RomanizationPaiboonmá-nút
Royal Institutema-nut
(standard) IPA(key)/ma˦˥.nut̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

มนุษย์ • (má-nút) (classifier คน)

  1. (formal) human; human being.
    Synonyms: คน, ชน, นร, บุคคล, มนุช, มานพ, มานุษ
    Antonym: อมนุษย์
  2. (in combination) man; person.

Derived terms

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