ร้าน

Thai

Etymology

Compare Khmer រាន (riən, stand; stage; (Surin) shop; store), Lao ຮ້ານ (hān, shop; store; platform; scaffold; shelf).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicร้าน
r ˆ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonráan
Royal Instituteran
(standard) IPA(key)/raːn˦˥/(R)

Noun

ร้าน • (ráan)

  1. (classifier ร้าน or แห่ง) platform for a certain activity, as stand, stage, stall, etc.
  2. (classifier ร้าน or อัน) stand for supporting a plant, especially a climbing plant.
  3. (แตง~)
    1. (classifier ต้น) cucumber: the plant Cucumis sativus of the gourd family
    2. (classifier ลูก) the fruit of this plant.
  4. (classifier ร้าน, แห่ง, or หลัง) place for selling goods, as shop, store, etc.

Derived terms

Classifier

ร้าน • (ráan)

  1. Classifier for places for selling goods, as shop, store, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

Further reading

  • ร้าน” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.