น้อง

Thai

Alternative forms

N' (N')

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *nwoːŋᶜ (“younger sibling”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶ᩶ᩬᨦ, Lao ນ້ອງ (nǭng), Lü ᦓᦸᧂᧉ (noang²), Tai Dam ꪙ꫁ꪮꪉ, Shan ၼွင်ႉ (nô̰ang), Ahom 𑜃𑜨𑜂𑜫 (nong), Zhuang nuengx.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		น้อง n ˆ ɒ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	nɔ́ɔng
	Royal Institute	nong
(standard) IPA^(key)		/nɔːŋ˦˥/

Noun

น้อง • (nɔ́ɔng) (classifier คน)

younger sibling.
younger cousin.
younger person; a person whose age is likely to be that of one's younger sibling.

Antonyms

(younger sibling): พี่ (pîi)

Related terms

น้องชาย (nɔ́ɔng-chaai)
น้องสาว (nɔ́ɔng-sǎao)

Anagrams

องุ่น (à-ngùn), อนึ่ง (à-nʉ̀ng)

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