มูล

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

มูล n

  1. Thai script form of mūla

Declension

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicมูล
m ū l
Phonemic
มูน
m ū n
RomanizationPaiboonmuun
Royal Institutemun
(standard) IPA(key)/muːn˧/(R)
Homophonesมูน

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Pali mūla (feces).

Noun

มูล • (muun)

  1. (formal) feces
Derived terms
  • ขี้มูลฝอย
  • มูลโค
  • มูลฝอย

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मूल (mū́la, root; base; origin; foundation) or Pali mūla (idem). Cognate with Lao ມູນ (mūn), Khmer មូល (muul), Burmese မူလ (mula.).

Noun

มูล • (muun)

  1. base; origin; root

Proper noun

มูล • (muun)

  1. (astronomy) Mūla, the 19th of 27 nakshatras in Hindu astronomy, corresponding to the star cluster of ε, ζ, η, θ, ι, κ, λ, μ and ν Scorpionis in the Scorpius constellation

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Likely a semantic extension of the "base, root" sense of Etymology 2. For a semantic parallel, note the unrelated English basically.

Adverb

มูล • (muun)

  1. entirely; completely
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Likely a semantic extension of the "base, root" sense of Etymology 2.

Noun

มูล • (muun)

  1. (in compounds) value; price
Derived terms

Further reading

  • มูล” 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.