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); ᦓᦸᧂᧉ (noang2); Tai Dam ꪙ꫁ꪮꪉ; Shan ၼွင်ႉ (nô̰ang); Ahom 𑜃𑜨𑜂𑜫 (nong); Zhuang nuengx, nongx.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicน้อง
nˆɒŋ
RomanizationPaiboonnɔ́ɔng
Royal Institutenong
(standard) IPA(key)/nɔːŋ˦˥/

Noun

น้อง (nɔ́ɔng) (classifier คน)

  1. younger brother; younger sister.
  2. younger person.
  3. (colloquial, sometimes considered offensive) subordinate; inferior; servant.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. (slang) used as an affectionate title for or affectionate term of address to an animal, object, etc.
  7. (colloquial, sometimes considered offensive) used as a term of address to a subordinate, inferior, or servant.

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