จาน

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicจาน
t͡ɕ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonjaan
Royal Institutechan
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕaːn˧/(R)
Homophonesจาร

Etymology 1

Compare Chinese  / (zhǎn) (> Korean 잔(盞) (jan)). Cognate with Lao ຈານ (chān), Khmer ចាន (caan).

Noun

จาน • (jaan) (classifier ใบ or ลูก)

  1. plate; dish

Classifier

จาน • (jaan)

  1. Classifier for plates of food.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

จาน • (jaan) (abstract noun การจาน)

  1. to dilute, mix with water
Derived terms

Further reading

  • จาน” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.