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naangnoun

woman

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented

1n.

Mrslexitron

2n.

mistress; madamelexitron

3n.

womanwiktionary

4n.

royal woman; noblewoman(archaic)wiktionary

5n.

a prefix or suffix indicating a woman or femininity(in-compounds)wiktionary

6n.

a title given to the wife of a nobleman ranking below พระยา (prá-yaa)(historical)wiktionary

7n.

a title given to a female animal(archaic)wiktionary

8n.

a title given to a woman who is considered to be disagreeable or unacceptable(derogatory)wiktionary

9n.

a legal title which a married woman may usewiktionary

10n.

used as a term of address to a woman(archaic)wiktionary

11n.

used as a title for or term of address to anyone or anything(humorous, slang)wiktionary

12n.

heroine; female protagonist; leading ladywiktionary

13n.

used to replaced the impolite อี (ii) in certain expressionswiktionary

14cls.

Classifier for women(archaic, derogatory, offensive, sometimes)wiktionary

15cls.

Classifier for anyone or anything(humorous, slang)wiktionary

Built from

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *naːŋᴬ⁴ (“lady”), from Proto-Tai *naːŋᴬ (“lady”), from Old Chinese 娘 (OC *naŋ, “young woman”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶᩣ᩠ᨦ, Lao ນາງ (nāng), Lü ᦓᦱᧂ (naang), Tai Dam ꪙꪱꪉ, Shan ၼၢင်း (náang), Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥒᥰ (läang) or ᥢᥣᥒᥰ (näang), Aiton ꩫ︀င︀် (naṅ), Ahom 𑜃𑜂𑜫 (naṅ), Tày nàng. Cognate via Old Chinese: Old Khmer នាង (nāṅa, nāṅ°), nâ, nõ (“courtesy title for females”), Khmer នាង (niəng), Vietnamese nàng, Burmese နန်း (nan:).

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