เข็มสั้น

Thai

Etymology

เข็ม (kěm, “needle”) +‎ สั้น (sân, “short”), literally “short needle”.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเข็มสั้น
e kʰ ˘ m s ạ ˆ n
Phonemic
เข็ม-สั้น
e kʰ ˘ m – s ạ ˆ n
RomanizationPaiboonkěm-sân
Royal Institutekhem-san
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰem˩˩˦.san˥˩/(R)

Noun

เข็มสั้น • (kěm-sân)

  1. hour hand (of a clock or watch)

Coordinate terms

Further reading

  • “เข็มสั้น” 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.
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