แขวน

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Thai[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicแขวน
æ kʰ w n
Phonemic
แขฺวน
æ kʰ ̥ w n
RomanizationPaiboonkwɛ̌ɛn
Royal Institutekhwaen
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰwɛːn˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Tai *qweːnᴬ (to hang up). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡ᩠ᩅᩯᩁ, Lao ແຂວນ (khǣun), ᦶᦧᧃ (ẋwaen), Shan ၵႅၼ် (kěn) or ၽႅၼ် (phěn), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜐𑜫 (khiñ).

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms

Verb[edit]

แขวน (kwɛ̌ɛn) (abstract noun การแขวน)

  1. to hang; to suspend.
  2. to hang; to be hung; to be suspended.
  3. (slang) to expose to public humiliation; to subject to public shaming.
  4. (slang) to put off from consideration: to table, to shelve, etc.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

แขวน (kwɛ̌ɛn)

  1. (carpentry, architecture) a type of traditional roof framing which connects เต้า (dtâo) with จันทัน (jan-tan).