หุ่น

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *hunᴮ (puppet; marionette). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩩ᩵ᩁ, Khün ᩉᩩ᩵ᩁ, Lao ຫຸ່ນ (hun), ᦠᦳᧃᧈ (ḣun¹), Shan ႁုၼ်ႇ (hùn), Ahom 𑜑𑜤𑜃𑜫 (hun), Saek ฮุน.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicหุ่น
huˋn
RomanizationPaiboonhùn
Royal Institutehun
(standard) IPA(key)/hun˨˩/(R)

Noun

หุ่น • (hùn)

  1. model:
    1. (now rare) example; template.
    2. representation (to show the construction or appearance of something).
    3. image (in clay, wax, etc).
  2. artificial figure representing someone or something, as puppet, doll, etc
  3. (figurative) puppet: person, group, etc, under the control of another.
  4. body; bodily shape; physique.
  5. (computing) dummy.

Derived terms

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