กลั่น

Thai

Etymology

Compare Old Chinese (OC *kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns, “to choose, to pick”). Cognate with Lao ກັ່ນ (kan).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกลั่น
k l ạ ˋ n
Phonemic
กฺลั่น
k ̥ l ạ ˋ n
RomanizationPaiboonglàn
Royal Instituteklan
(standard) IPA(key)/klan˨˩/(R)

Verb

กลั่น • (glàn) (abstract noun การกลั่น)

  1. to distill, extract

Derived terms

Further reading

  • กลั่น” 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.