ฝน

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fon"

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ฝน f n
Romanization	Paiboon	fǒn
	Royal Institute	fon
(standard) IPA^(key)		/fon˩˩˦/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *C̥.wɯnᴬ (“rain”). Cognate with Lao ຝົນ (fon), Lü ᦚᦳᧃ (ḟun), Shan ၽူၼ် (phǔun) or ၾူၼ် (fǔun), Ahom 𑜇𑜤𑜃𑜫 (phun), Zhuang fwn.

Noun

ฝน • (fǒn)

rain.
- ฝนตก
  fǒn dtòk
  Rain falls.
year.
- ควาย สามฝน
  kwaai sǎam fǒn
  Three-year-old buffalo.

Etymology 2

Verb

ฝน • (fǒn) (abstract noun การฝน)

(used of an erect body, as a metal stick, graphite stick, etc.) to rub; to reduce to powder, sharpen, or shape by or as if by friction.
- ฝนดินสอสองบีบน กระดาษ คำตอบ
  fǒn din-sɔ̌ɔ sɔ̌ɔng-bii bon grà-dàat kam-dtɔ̀ɔp
  (literally) To rub a 2B pencil on an answer sheet.
  (referring to a Scantron answer sheet where pencils are used to colour answer bubbles.)
- ฝนทั่ง ให้เป็น เข็ม
  fǒn tâng hâi bpen kěm
  (literally) To rub an anvil into a needle.

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