คน

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicคน
gn
RomanizationPaiboonkon
Royal Institutekhon
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰon˧/
Homophonesคนธ์
คล

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɢwɯnᴬ (human being; person). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨤᩫ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຄົນ (khon), ᦅᦳᧃ (kun), Shan ၵူၼ်း (kúun), Tai Nüa ᥐᥨᥢᥰ (kon2), Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜃𑜫 (kun).

Alternative forms

Noun

คน (kon) (classifier คน)

  1. person; people; human being.
Derived terms
See also

Classifier

คน (kon)

  1. Classifier for most human beings. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ຄົນ (khon), Shan ၶူၼ်ႉ (khṵ̂un), Ahom 𑜁𑜤𑜃𑜫 (khun).

Verb

คน (kon) (abstract noun การคน)

  1. to stir; to scramble; to mix.
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