งาน

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨦᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ງານ (ngān), Lü ᦇᦱᧃ (ngaan), Tai Dam ꪉꪱꪙ, Shan ငၢၼ်း (ngáan), Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥢᥰ (ngäan), and possibly Old Khmer ងារ៑ (ṅār) (whence Khmer ងារ (ngiə)) and Burmese ငန်း (ngan:).

Khanittanan (2001) suggested that it was borrowed from Old Khmer ងារ៑ (ṅār).[1]

งาน • (ngaan) (classifier งาน or ชิ้น or อย่าง)

1. work:
   1. act; action; activity; deed.
   2. duty; task; undertaking.
   3. employment; trade; occupation; profession.
   4. result of an effort or exertion.
      • งานศิลปะ

        ngaan sǐn-lá-bpà

        work of art

      • งานวรรณกรรม

        ngaan wan-ná-gam

        literary work

      • งานแปล

        ngaan bplɛɛ

        translated work

2. ceremony; event; social gathering.

งาน • (ngaan)

1. a traditional unit of measurement of land, equal to 400m².