น้อง
Thai
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- N' (N')
- นว้อง (nwɔ́ɔng)
- น้อน (nɔ́ɔn)
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *nwoːŋᶜ (“younger sibling”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶ᩶ᩬᨦ; Lao ນ້ອງ (nǭng); Lü ᦓᦸᧂᧉ (noang2); Tai Dam ꪙ꫁ꪮꪉ; Shan ၼွင်ႉ (nô̰ang); Ahom 𑜃𑜨𑜂𑜫 (nong); Zhuang nuengx, nongx.
Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemic | น้อง n ˆ ɒ ŋ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | nɔ́ɔng |
Royal Institute | nong | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /nɔːŋ˦˥/ |
Noun
น้อง • (nɔ́ɔng) (classifier คน)
- younger brother; younger sister.
- younger person.
- (colloquial, sometimes considered offensive) subordinate; inferior; servant.
- used as a title for or term of address to a younger brother, younger sister, or younger person; used by such person as a self-reference when addressing an elder brother, elder sister, or older person.
- used as an affectionate title for or affectionate term of address to a beloved, younger person; used by such person as a self-reference when addressing a beloved, older person.
- (slang) used as an affectionate title for or affectionate term of address to an animal, object, etc.
- (colloquial, sometimes considered offensive) used as a term of address to a subordinate, inferior, or servant.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- น้องเขย
- น้องชาย (nɔ́ɔng-chaai)
- น้องเมีย
- น้องสะใภ้
- น้องสาว (nɔ́ɔng-sǎao)
- น้อง ๆ
- พ่อแม่พี่น้อง (pɔ̂ɔ-mɛ̂ɛ-pîi-nɔ́ɔng)
- พี่น้อง (pîi-nɔ́ɔng)
- รักพี่เสียดายน้อง
- ลูกน้อง (lûuk-nɔ́ɔng)
- ลูกพี่ลูกน้อง (lûuk-pîi-lûuk-nɔ́ɔng)
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