Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1adv.
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 voicesปีนั้น ผมอายุประมาณสิบสาม
That year, I was about thirteen.
ขับรถจากกรุงเทพ ใช้เวลาประมาณสามชั่วโมง
Driving from Bangkok, it takes about three hours.
ประมาณ 1% ของประชากร
About 1% of the population.
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.