ปณิธาน

Thai

Etymology

From Pali paṇidhāna (“aspiration; determination; vow; prayer; etc”); ultimately from Sanskrit प्रणिधान (praṇidhāna, idem), from which Thai ประณิธาน is derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ปณิธาน p ɳ i dʰ ā n
Phonemic		ปะ-นิ-ทาน p a – n i – d ā n
Romanization	Paiboon	bpà-ní-taan
	Royal Institute	pa-ni-than
(standard) IPA^(key)		/pa˨˩.ni˦˥.tʰaːn˧/

Noun

ปณิธาน • (bpà-ní-taan)

(formal, elegant) wish, desire, aspiration; resolution, determination; will, intent.