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ประมาณ

bprà-maanadverb

approximately

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1adv.

approximately; about; around; roughlycurated

2v.

to measure; determine; approximate; estimatewiktionary

3v.

to analyse; check carefully or part by part; dissect; scrutinisewiktionary

4prep.

like; aswiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

Built from

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रमाण (pramāṇa, “measure; extent; etc”). Cognate with Old Khmer pramāṇa, pramāna, pramān, praḥmāna, prahmāna; Modern Khmer ប្រមាណ (prɑɑmaan); Lao ປະມານ (pa mān). Compare Pali pamāna.

Words built from it

ประมาณ inside longer words
ประมาณนั้น[just] like thatอยู่มา มีผู้เอาเป็ดอั่วตัวหนึ่งมาให้แก่ขุนราชอาษา...เสดนั้นบุตรภรรยาเอามาประมาณ...เห็นหนวดเสืออยู่ในเป็ดนั้น...แลขุนราชอาษาก็ไอถึงโลหิตออกแต่ปากLater on, there happened to be someone bringing a stuffed duck in [and] giving [it] to Khun Ratcha-asa... [After he ate the duck, his] wife [and] children took the remains in [for] examining... [thus] finding nuat suea within that duck... And Khun Ratcha-asa then coughed to the point [that he ejected] blood out of [his] mouth.

A note on usage

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