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See also: ณ.

ณ	U+0E13, ณ THAI CHARACTER NO NEN

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ณ ɳ
Phonemic		นอ n ɒ	นอ เนน n ɒ e n n
Romanization	Paiboon	nɔɔ	nɔɔ neen
	Royal Institute	no	no nen
(standard) IPA^(key)		/nɔː˧/	/nɔː˧.neːn˧/

Letter

ณ • (nɔɔ)

nɔɔ neen (ณ เณร), the 19th consonant letter of the Thai alphabet.

Usage notes

This letter belongs to the Thai low consonant class

See also

น (nɔɔ nǔu) (a Thai letter with the same pronunciation of the same class)

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. Probably a corrupted form of ใน (nai), according to some. Compare Old Khmer ṇā, nā (“place, position, site, location; destination; time, moment, occasion; etc”); Modern Khmer ណា (naa), នា (niə); Old Mon na.

Alternative forms

(archaic): ณะ (ná)

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ณ ɳ
Phonemic		นะ n a
Romanization	Paiboon	ná
	Royal Institute	na
(standard) IPA^(key)		/naʔ˦˥/

Preposition

ณ • (ná)

at; in; on.
(used as part of noble family names) of; from.

See also

nobiliary particles in other languages: German "von"; French, Spanish, and Portuguese "de"

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