ฉัน
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Built from
Clipping of ดิฉัน (dì-chǎn) or อิฉัน (ì-chǎn). Compare Khmer ឆាន់ (chan, “I; me; my”). Cognate with Lao ສັນ (san), Lü ᦶᦉᧃ (ṡaen) or ᦉᧃ (ṡan). Compare Lao ສັນ (san, “to eat”), Khmer ឆាន់ (chan, “to eat”).
From Wiktionary
1
adj.
shining; radiating; light; luminous
2
conj. · (formal)
as; like; as if
3
prep. · (formal)
as; like
4
pron. · (informal)
a first-person pronoun used by anyone when addressing a person of equal or lower status
5
v. · (transitive)
to eat; to drink; to take; to consume