หนังสือ

Thai

Etymology

From หนัง (nǎng, peel; skin; etc) + สือ (sʉ̌ʉ, character; letter; script; etc); literally “skin of letters”, referring to a piece of skin on which something is written.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหนังสือ
hnŋsụ̄ɒ
Phonemic
หฺนัง-สือ
h̥nŋsụ̄ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonnǎng-sʉ̌ʉ
Royal Institutenang-sue
(standard) IPA(key)/naŋ˩˩˦.sɯː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

หนังสือ • (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ) (classifier เล่ม or ฉบับ)

  1. letter; character; script.
  2. written form.
    สัญญานี้ต้องทำเป็นหนังสือ
    sǎn-yaa níi dtɔ̂ng tam bpen nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ
    This contract must be made in writing.
  3. written message.
  4. document.
  5. literary work.
  6. book.
    นักเรียนอ่านหนังสืออยู่
    nák-riian àan nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ yùu
    Students are reading books.
  7. knowledge, especially one derived from a book or books.

Synonyms

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  • ลายลักษณ์
  • ลายลักษณ์อักษร
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Lao: ໜັງສື (nang sư̄)
  • Lü: ᦐᧂᦉᦹ (ṅangṡue)
  • Gong: นังซือํ
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