"เหลน" meaning in Thai

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Noun

IPA: /leːn˩˩˦/ [standard] Forms: lěen [romanization], คน [classifier]
Etymology: From Proto-Tai *ʰlenꟲ (“great-grandchild”). Southwestern Tai languages have tone A such as Thai เหลน [leːnᴬ¹] probably due to contamination from Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (“grandchild”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ເຫຼນ (lēn) or ເຫຼັນ (len), Lü ᦜᦲᧃ (l̇iin), Shan လိၼ် (lǐn). In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang laenj. Etymology templates: {{inh|th|tai-pro|*ʰlenꟲ||great-grandchild}} Proto-Tai *ʰlenꟲ (“great-grandchild”), {{inh|th|tai-pro|*ʰlaːnᴬ||grandchild}} Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (“grandchild”), {{cog|lo|ເຫຼນ}} Lao ເຫຼນ (lēn), {{cog|khb|ᦜᦲᧃ}} Lü ᦜᦲᧃ (l̇iin), {{cog|shn|လိၼ်}} Shan လိၼ် (lǐn), {{cog|za|laenj}} Zhuang laenj Head templates: {{th-noun|คน}} เหลน • (lěen) (classifier คน)
  1. great-grandchild. Related terms: ลูก (lûuk) (english: child), หลาน (lǎan) (english: grandchild), ลื่อ (lʉ̂ʉ) (english: great-great-grandchild), ลืบ (lʉ̂ʉp) (english: great-great-great-grandchild), ลืด (lʉ̂ʉt) (english: great-great-great-great-grandchild) Related terms (descendants): ผู้สืบสันดาน (pûu-sʉ̀ʉp-sǎn-daan)
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "tai-pro",
        "3": "*ʰlenꟲ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "great-grandchild"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "tai-pro",
        "3": "*ʰlaːnᴬ",
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        "5": "grandchild"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (“grandchild”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Lao ເຫຼນ (lēn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "khb",
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      },
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    },
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        "1": "shn",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "za",
        "2": "laenj"
      },
      "expansion": "Zhuang laenj",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Tai *ʰlenꟲ (“great-grandchild”). Southwestern Tai languages have tone A such as Thai เหลน [leːnᴬ¹] probably due to contamination from Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (“grandchild”).\nIn Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ເຫຼນ (lēn) or ເຫຼັນ (len), Lü ᦜᦲᧃ (l̇iin), Shan လိၼ် (lǐn).\nIn Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang laenj.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lěen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "คน",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "orig": "th:Family",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "great-grandchild."
      ],
      "id": "en-เหลน-th-noun-TZaJucPq",
      "links": [
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          "great-grandchild",
          "great-grandchild"
        ]
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      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "pûu-sʉ̀ʉp-sǎn-daan",
          "sense": "descendants",
          "word": "ผู้สืบสันดาน"
        },
        {
          "english": "child",
          "roman": "lûuk",
          "word": "ลูก"
        },
        {
          "english": "grandchild",
          "roman": "lǎan",
          "word": "หลาน"
        },
        {
          "english": "great-great-grandchild",
          "roman": "lʉ̂ʉ",
          "word": "ลื่อ"
        },
        {
          "english": "great-great-great-grandchild",
          "roman": "lʉ̂ʉp",
          "word": "ลืบ"
        },
        {
          "english": "great-great-great-great-grandchild",
          "roman": "lʉ̂ʉt",
          "word": "ลืด"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/leːn˩˩˦/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "เหลน"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "tai-pro",
        "3": "*ʰlenꟲ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "great-grandchild"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tai *ʰlenꟲ (“great-grandchild”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "tai-pro",
        "3": "*ʰlaːnᴬ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "grandchild"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (“grandchild”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
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      },
      "expansion": "Lao ເຫຼນ (lēn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "khb",
        "2": "ᦜᦲᧃ"
      },
      "expansion": "Lü ᦜᦲᧃ (l̇iin)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "shn",
        "2": "လိၼ်"
      },
      "expansion": "Shan လိၼ် (lǐn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "za",
        "2": "laenj"
      },
      "expansion": "Zhuang laenj",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Tai *ʰlenꟲ (“great-grandchild”). Southwestern Tai languages have tone A such as Thai เหลน [leːnᴬ¹] probably due to contamination from Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (“grandchild”).\nIn Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ເຫຼນ (lēn) or ເຫຼັນ (len), Lü ᦜᦲᧃ (l̇iin), Shan လိၼ် (lǐn).\nIn Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang laenj.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "lěen",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "คน",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "คน"
      },
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      "name": "th-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "pûu-sʉ̀ʉp-sǎn-daan",
      "sense": "descendants",
      "word": "ผู้สืบสันดาน"
    },
    {
      "english": "child",
      "roman": "lûuk",
      "word": "ลูก"
    },
    {
      "english": "grandchild",
      "roman": "lǎan",
      "word": "หลาน"
    },
    {
      "english": "great-great-grandchild",
      "roman": "lʉ̂ʉ",
      "word": "ลื่อ"
    },
    {
      "english": "great-great-great-grandchild",
      "roman": "lʉ̂ʉp",
      "word": "ลืบ"
    },
    {
      "english": "great-great-great-great-grandchild",
      "roman": "lʉ̂ʉt",
      "word": "ลืด"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Thai/eːn",
        "Thai 1-syllable words",
        "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
        "Thai lemmas",
        "Thai nouns",
        "Thai nouns classified by คน",
        "Thai terms derived from Proto-Tai",
        "Thai terms inherited from Proto-Tai",
        "Thai terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
        "th:Family"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "great-grandchild."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "great-grandchild",
          "great-grandchild"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/leːn˩˩˦/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "เหลน"
}

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