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บ้าน

bâannountonefalling tonefalling
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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

home; house; habitation; residencecurated

2n.

family; householdwiktionary

3n.

building for any purposewiktionary

4n.

villagewiktionary

5n.

communitywiktionary

6adj.

domesticwiktionary

7adj.

ordinary; plainwiktionary

Less common senses (1)
8n.

nationwiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

Built from

From Proto-Tai *ɓaːnꟲ (“village”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷ᩶ᩤ᩠ᨶ, Lao ບ້ານ (bān), Lü ᦢᦱᧃᧉ (ḃaan²), Tai Dam ꪚ꫁ꪱꪙ, Shan မၢၼ်ႈ (māan) or ဝၢၼ်ႈ (wāan), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥢᥲ (màan), Ahom 𑜈𑜃𑜫 (ban), Zhuang mbanj, Tày bản. Compare Sui qbaanc.