Dictionary entry
หนึ่ง
one
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedone; the number 1, written ๑ in Thai numeralscurated
one; wholewiktionary
only; single; solewiktionary
some; certainwiktionary
first; firstlywiktionary
a bit; a mite; a triflewiktionary
onewiktionary
Less common senses (2)
best; excellent; topwiktionary
as; as if; like; resemblingwiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesมีเพื่อนคนหนึ่ง ที่กรุงเทพ
I have one friend in Bangkok —
ตอนเด็กๆ พ่อพาผมไปดูครั้งหนึ่ง
When I was little, my dad took me there once.
มีผู้หญิงคนหนึ่งนั่งข้างๆ
There's a woman sitting next to him.
เพื่อนคนหนึ่งบอก "ลองย้ายมาอยู่นวนครไหม"
A friend said, "Why don't you try moving to Navanakorn?"
Built from
From Proto-Tai *nɯːŋᴮ (“one”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Northern Thai ᨶᩧ᩠᩵ᨦ, Lao ໜຶ່ງ (nưng) or ນຶ່ງ (nưng), Lü ᦓᦹᧂᧈ (nueng¹), Shan ၼိုင်ႈ (nūeng), Aiton လ︀ိုင︀် (lüṅ), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (lüṅ). In other Tai, cognate with Zuojiang Zhuang nwengq (Ningming dialect) or nwengh (Longzhou and Daxin dialects) or nwngh (Longzhou and Daxin dialect) or nwng (Longzhou dialect).