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บุญ

bunadjectivetonemid tonemid
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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1adj.

goodlexitron

2n.

delight; happinesswiktionary

3n.

meritwiktionary

4n.

favourable outcome of a good deed done in one's previous lifewiktionary

5n.

goodness; moral excellence; virtuewiktionary

6n.

favour; kindness; mercywiktionary

7n.

religious ceremony or festival, especially one involving merriment or the making of merit(dialectal)wiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

เดือนพฤษภาคม หมู่บ้านของฉันมีงานบุญบั้งไฟ

In May, my village holds the rocket festival.

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Built from

From Pali puñña (“good; merit”); perhaps via Old Khmer បុណ្យ (puṇya, “good or pious work; act of merit; merit; ceremony, rite, service; festival”). Cognate with Lao ບຸນ (bun), Lü ᦢᦳᧃ (ḃun), Khmer បុញ្ញ (boññɔɔ), Burmese ပုည (pu.nya.).