ข้าง

See also: ข่าง

Thai

Alternative forms
  • (obsolete) ฃ้าง (kâang)

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *k.raːŋꟲ (“side; ribs”). Cognate with Lao ຂ້າງ (khāng), Shan ၶၢင်ႈ (khāang) and ၶၢင်း (kháang), Ahom 𑜁𑜂𑜫 (khaṅ) or 𑜁𑜞𑜂𑜫 (khraṅ), Zhuang hangj (as in ndokhangj), Zuojiang Zhuang hangj. Compare Proto-Austronesian *baʀaŋ, *tageʀaŋ (“rib”).

Pronunciation
Orthographicข้าง
kʰ ˆ ā ŋ
Phonemic
ค่าง
g ˋ ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkâang
Royal Institutekhang
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːŋ˥˩/(R)
Homophonesค่าง

Preposition

ข้าง • (kâang)

  1. towards; in the direction of.
  2. beside; on the side of; by.

Noun

ข้าง • (kâang)

  1. side; flank.
  2. ribs

Adverb

ข้าง • (kâang)

  1. nearby.

Classifier

ข้าง • (kâang)

  1. Classifier for parts of the human body, shoe, side. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

Derived terms
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