เข็ญ

Thai

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩮ᩠ᨶ or ᨡᩮᩢ᩠ᨶ, Lao ເຂັນ (khen), Khün ᨡᩮ᩠ᨶ, Lü ᦃᦲᧃ (ẋiin) or ᦵᦃᧃ (ẋen), Shan ၶဵၼ် (khǎen), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜃𑜫 (khin). The spelling of the word was contaminated by เพ็ญ (pen) which is a loanword from Old Khmer.

Pronunciation
Orthographicเข็ญ
e kʰ ˘ ɲ
Phonemic
เข็น
e kʰ ˘ n
RomanizationPaiboonkěn
Royal Institutekhen
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰen˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesเข็น

Adjective

เข็ญ • (kěn) (abstract noun ความเข็ญ)

  1. difficult; hard; poor.

Derived terms
  • ก่อกรรมทำเข็ญ
  • ขู่เข็ญ
  • เข็ญใจ (kěn-jai)
  • เคี่ยวเข็ญ

See also
  • ลำเค็ญ
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