Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedfriend; buddy; mate; companion; comrade; playmate; pal; chum; familiar; intimate; patron; supporter; allycurated
fellow; peer; comrade; associate; person sharing the same activity, occupation, condition, or statuswiktionary
companion or escort; person who goes somewhere or does something with someonewiktionary
sex partnerwiktionary
lesbian partner; partner in a lesbian relationshipwiktionary
Less common senses (2)
he; she; it; they, as a third-person pronounwiktionary
anyone or anything else; any other person or thing; the other or otherswiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voices
ฉันคิดถึงเพื่อนที่ไปกรุงเทพฯ
I thought about my friends who left for Bangkok.
Mind · บุรีรัมย์from นาข้าวหน้าแล้ง →
มีเพื่อนคนหนึ่ง ที่กรุงเทพ
I have one friend in Bangkok —
Ing · กาฬสินธุ์from ภาษาที่บ้านกับภาษาที่กรุงเทพ →
Built from
From Proto-Tai *bɯən (“friend”), from Middle Chinese 伴 (MC banX, “companion; partner”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨻᩮᩬᩥ᩵ᩁ, ᨻᩮᩥ᩠᩵ᨶ, Lao ເພື່ອນ (phư̄an), ເພິ່ນ (phœn), Shan ပိူၼ်ႈ (pōen), Vietnamese bạn.