ปัจจุบัน
bpàt-jù-banadverb
at present
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1adv.
at presentlexitron
2adv.
now; at this time; currently; at the present momentlexitron
3adj.
present; current(formal)wiktionary
4adj.
modern; up-to-date; updated(formal)wiktionary
5adj.
acute; urgent(formal)wiktionary
6adv.
now; presently; currently(formal)wiktionary
7n.
now; present(formal, present)wiktionary
Built from
Borrowed from Pali paccuppanna (“existing; present”, literally “what has arisen (just now)”), ultimately from Sanskrit प्रत्युत्पन्न (pratyutpanna, “idem”), whence Thai ปรัตยุตบัน (bpràt-dtà-yút-ban). Cognate with Khmer បច្ចុប្បន្ន (paccobɑn), Lao ປັດຈຸບັນ (pat chu ban), Burmese ပစ္စုပ္ပန် (paccuppan).
A note on usage
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