ฝุ่น

See also: ฝน, ฝัน, ฝืน, and Appendix:Variations of "fon"

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC pjunX). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨺᩩ᩵ᩁ, Lao ຝຸ່ນ (fun), Khün ᨺᩩ᩵ᩁ, Tai Dam ꪄꪴ꪿ꪙ, Shan ၽုၼ်ႇ (phùn), Burmese ဖုန် (hpun).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicฝุ่น
f u ˋ n
RomanizationPaiboonfùn
Royal Institutefun
(standard) IPA(key)/fun˨˩/(R)

Noun

ฝุ่น • (fùn)

  1. powder, dust

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • ฝุ่น” 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.