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งาน

ngaannountonemid tonemid
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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

work; act; action; activity; deed; duty; task; undertaking; employment; trade; occupation; profession; result of effortwiktionary

2n.

ceremony; event; social gathering; festivity; party; celebration; feastcurated

3n.

traditional unit of land measurement equal to 400 square metreswiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

หนึ่งชั่วโมงสองชั่วโมง ที่ฉันไม่ต้องคิดเรื่องงาน

One hour, two hours, where I don't have to think about work.

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Built from

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨦᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ງານ (ngān), Lü ᦇᦱᧃ (ngaan), Tai Dam ꪉꪱꪙ, Shan ငၢၼ်း (ngáan), Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥢᥰ (ngäan), and possibly Old Khmer ងារ៑ (ṅār) (whence Khmer ងារ (ngiə)) and Burmese ငန်း (ngan:). Khanittanan (2001) suggested that it was borrowed from Old Khmer ងារ៑ (ṅār).