โบราณ

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer pūrāṇa, pūrāna, pūrâna, purāna, porāna (“ancient; old; former”); ultimately from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇa, “ancient; old”) or Pali purāṇa, porāṇa (“ancient; former; old”). Compare Modern Khmer បុរាណ (boraan, “ancient; old; former”) or Pali porāṇa from Pali purāṇa.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		โบราณ o ɓ r ā ɳ
Phonemic		โบ-ราน o ɓ – r ā n	[bound form] โบ-ราน-นะ- o ɓ – r ā n – n a –
Romanization	Paiboon	boo-raan	boo-raan-ná-
	Royal Institute	bo-ran	bo-ran-na-
(standard) IPA^(key)		/boː˧.raːn˧/	/boː˧.raːn˧.na˦˥./

Adjective

โบราณ • (boo-raan) (abstract noun ความโบราณ)

ancient; old; traditional.
primitive.

Derived terms

โบราณคดี (boo-raan-ná-ká-dii)
สมัยโบราณ