กลั้น

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *klanꟲ. Cognate with Lao ກັ້ນ (kan), Shan ၵၼ်ႈ (kān).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกลั้น
k l ạ ˆ n
Phonemic
กฺลั้น
k ̥ l ạ ˆ n
RomanizationPaiboonglân
Royal Instituteklan
(standard) IPA(key)/klan˥˩/(R)

Verb

กลั้น • (glân) (abstract noun การกลั้น)

  1. to restrain, suppress, hold back, inhibit (regular bodily functions, expressions of emotion)
  2. to refrain from (performing a bodily function, expressing emotion)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • กลั้น” 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.