ขน

Thai

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *q.pɯlᴬ (“body hair; feather”). Cognate with Lao ຂົນ (khon), Lü ᦃᦳᧃ (ẋun), Shan ၶူၼ် (khǔun), Ahom 𑜁𑜤𑜃𑜫 (khun), Zhuang bwn, Saek ปุ๋น.

Noun

ขน • (kǒn)

  1. body hair.
  2. fur; wool.
  3. feather.

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ຂົນ (khon), Saek ขุ่น.

Verb

ขน • (kǒn) (abstract noun การขน)

  1. to transport; to carry away.
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