พยัญชนะ

Thai

Etymology

From Pali byañjana (“sign; mark; consonant”), vyañjana (“attribute; distinctive mark; sign; characteristic; letter; consonant”) or Sanskrit व्यञ्जन (vyañjana, “making clear, indicating, manifesting; mark, token, sign; consonant; etc”). Cognate with Khmer ព្យញ្ជន (pyuəñcĕəʾnĕəʾ), Lao ພະຍັນຊະນະ (pha nyan sa na), Burmese ဗျည်း (byany:).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พยัญชนะ b y ạ ɲ d͡ʑ n a
Phonemic		พะ-ยัน-ชะ-นะ b a – y ạ n – d͡ʑ a – n a
Romanization	Paiboon	pá-yan-chá-ná
	Royal Institute	pha-yan-cha-na
(standard) IPA^(key)		/pʰa˦˥.jan˧.t͡ɕʰa˦˥.naʔ˦˥/

Noun

พยัญชนะ • (pá-yan-chá-ná)

(phonetics) consonant.