ส่วน

Thai

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈ᩠ᩅ᩵ᩁ, Lao ສ່ວນ (sūan), ᦷᦉᧃᧈ (ṡon¹).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicส่วน
s ˋ w n
RomanizationPaiboonsùuan
Royal Institutesuan
(standard) IPA(key)/sua̯n˨˩/(R)

Noun

ส่วน • (sùuan)

  1. part; portion; piece.
  2. part; participation; role
  3. (of an organisation) division; section
  4. measure; quantity
  5. side

Preposition

ส่วน • (sùuan)

  1. as for; as regards; on the part of
  2. whilst; whereas

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Khmer: សួន (suən)

See also

Further reading

  • ส่วน” 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.