ฝน

From Proto-Tai *C̥.wɯnᴬ (“rain”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨺᩫ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຝົນ (fon), Lü ᦚᦳᧃ (ḟun), Tai Dam ꪶꪠꪙ, Shan ၽူၼ် (phǔun) or ၾူၼ် (fǔun), Ahom 𑜇𑜤𑜃𑜫 (phun), Zhuang fwn, Nong Zhuang paen, Saek หวึ่น. Compare Sui fenl (“rain”), Southern Kam bienl (“rain”).

ฝน • (fǒn)

1. rain.

   ฝนตก

   fǒn dtòk

   Rain falls.

2. year.

   ควายสามฝน

   kwaai sǎam fǒn

   Three-year-old buffalo.

Cognate with Isan ฝน, Lao ຝົນ (fon), Northern Thai ᨺᩫ᩠ᨶ, Khün ᨺᩫ᩠ᨶ, Lü ᦚᦳᧃ (ḟun), Shan ၽူၼ် (phǔun), Tai Nüa ᥜᥨᥢᥴ (fón), Zhuang bwn, Zuojiang Zhuang pwn.

ฝน • (fǒn) (abstract noun การฝน)

1. (transitive, 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.

   ฝนดินสอสองบีบนกระดาษคำตอบ

   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.)

   ฝนทั่งให้เป็นเข็ม

   fǒn tâng hâi bpen kěm

   (literally) To rub an anvil into a needle.

• “ฝน” 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.