ᨯᩮᩬᩥᩁ

Northern Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɓlɯənᴬ (moon; month). Cognate with Thai เดือน (dʉʉan), Lao ເດືອນ (dư̄an), ᦵᦡᦲᧃ (ḋoen), Shan လိူၼ် (lǒen), Ahom 𑜓𑜢𑜤𑜃𑜫 (dün) or 𑜃𑜢𑜤𑜃𑜫 (nün), Bouyei ndianl, Zhuang ndwen or mbwen, Saek เบรี๋ยน, Tày bươn.

Pronunciation

Orthographicᨯᩮᩬᩥᩁ
Phonemicเดือน
e ɗ ụ̄ ɒ n
RomanizationPaiboondʉʉan
Royal Instituteduean
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)/dɯa̯n˧/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)/dɯa̯n˧˧˦/

Noun

ᨯᩮᩬᩥᩁ • (dʉʉan)

  1. moon.
  2. month.