Thai

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Etymology

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From Pali byañjana (sign; mark; consonant), vyañjana (attribute; distinctive mark; sign; characteristic; letter; consonant) or Sanskrit व्यञ्जन (vyañjana, making clear, indicating, manifesting; mark, token, sign; consonant; etc). Cognate with Khmer ព្យញ្ជនៈ (pyŭəñcĕəʼnĕəʼ), Lao ພະຍັນຊະນະ (pha nyan sa na), Burmese ဗျည်း (byany:).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicพยัญชนะ
b y ạ ɲ d͡ʑ n a
Phonemic
พะ-ยัน-ชะ-นะ
b a – y ạ n – d͡ʑ a – n a
RomanizationPaiboonpá-yan-chá-ná
Royal Institutepha-yan-cha-na
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰa˦˥.jan˧.t͡ɕʰa˦˥.naʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun

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พยัญชนะ (pá-yan-chá-ná)

  1. (phonetics) consonant.
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