บน

See also: บ่น and บิน

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicบน
ɓn
RomanizationPaiboonbon
Royal Institutebon
(standard) IPA(key)/bon˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓɯnᴬ (sky; heaven). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷᩫ᩠ᨶ, Lao ບົນ (bon), ᦥᦳᧃ (bun) or ᦢᦳᧃ (ḃun), Shan ဝူၼ် (wǔun) or မူၼ် (mǔun), Zhuang mbwn, Bouyei mbenl, Saek บึ๋น.

Preposition

บน • (bon)

  1. on; up; upon; above; over.

Adjective

บน • (bon)

  1. upper; high; higher.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Khmer pan.

Verb

บน • (bon) (abstract noun การบน)

  1. (archaic) to promise; to pledge.
  2. to ask (a supernatural being) to grant one's wish, with a promise to give or do something in return.
  3. (archaic, now slang) to bribe.

Noun

บน • (bon)

  1. (archaic) promise; pledge.
  2. promise or pledge to give something to or do something for a supernatural being in return for granting one's wish.

Derived terms

  • แก้บน
  • ใช้บน
  • ทัณฑ์บน
  • ทานบน
  • บนข้าวผี ตีข้าวพระ
  • บนบาน
  • บนบานศาลกล่าว
  • สินบน (sǐn-bon)
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