เล่น

See also: เล็น

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Lao ຫຼິ້ນ (lin) or ເຫຼັ້ນ (len), Shan လဵၼ်ႈ (lāen), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜃𑜫 (lin).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเล่น
e l ˋ n
Phonemic
{Unorthographical; Short}
เล็่น
e l ˘ ˋ n
RomanizationPaiboonlên
Royal Institutelen
(standard) IPA(key)/len˥˩/(R)

Verb

เล่น • (lên) (abstract noun การเล่น)

  1. (intransitive) to play: to employ oneself in amusement or recreation.
  2. (intransitive) to kid; to jest; to be unserious.
  3. (transitive or intransitive) to do, perform, use, engage (in), etc, especially for pleasure, amusement, or recreation.
  4. (transitive, as of a dramatic or musical performance) to perform.
  5. (transitive or intransitive, as of a role in a dramatic performance) to play; to act; to portray.
  6. (transitive, as of a musical instrument) to perform; to play; to sound.
  7. (transitive or intransitive, as of audio, video, player thereof) to play.
  8. (intransitive, figurative) to play ball; to cooperate; to participate; to join.

Adverb

เล่น • (lên)

  1. for pleasure, amusement, or recreation.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “เล่น” 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.
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