เป็น

Thai

Alternative forms
Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *m̩.pelᴬ (“to be; to become”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩮ᩠ᨶ, Lao ເປັນ (pen), Lü ᦔᦲᧃ (ṗiin), Tai Nüa ᥙᥥᥢ (pen), Shan ပဵၼ် (pěn), Ahom 𑜈𑜢𑜃𑜫 (bin), Zhuang baenz, Saek พั๊น.

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicเป็น
e p ˘ n
RomanizationPaiboonbpen
Royal Institutepen
(standard) IPA(key)/pen˧/

Verb

เป็น • (bpen) (abstract noun การเป็น or ความเป็น)

  1. to be.
  2. (of an illness or unfavourable condition) to get; to have; to experience; to suffer.
  3. (auxiliary) used at the end of an expression to indicate that the person concerned can or knows how to do the related action.

Adjective

เป็น • (bpen)

  1. alive; living.

Conjunction

เป็น • (bpen)

  1. as; like; as if.

Adverb

เป็น • (bpen)

  1. to the degree (of); to the extent (of); as much as; as far as; up to.

Derived terms
Derived terms

See also
See also
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