ปั้น

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *panꟲ² (“to mold (clay); to clench; to wring; to fist”). Cognate with Southern Thai ปั้น (“to shape; to squeeze”), Isan ปั้น, Lao ປັ້ນ (pan), Northern Thai ᨸᩢ᩠᩶ᨶ (pan³), Khün ᨸᩢ᩠᩶ᨶ (pan³), Lü ᦔᧃᧉ (ṗan²), Tai Dam ꪜ꫁ꪽ, Shan ပၼ်ႈ (pān, “to grasp; to squeeze”), Tai Nüa ᥙᥢᥲ (pàn), Phake ပ︀ꩫ︀် (pan), Ahom 𑜆𑜃𑜫 (pan, “to grasp; to squeeze”).

ปั้น • (bpân) (abstract noun การปั้น)

1. (used of soft or malleable things, as clay, plasticine, wax, dough, etc.) to shape or form by kneading, massaging, pressing, squeezing, or the like
2. (used negatively) to concoct; to create; to devise; to fabricate; to invent
3. (figurative) to train: to guide or teach, as by subjecting to exercises or experiences

ปั้น • (bpân)

1. a classifier for soft or malleable things worked into round shapes by kneading, massaging, pressing, squeezing, etc.

Possibly from Hokkien 瓶 (pân) or Teochew 瓶 (bang⁵). Compare Khmer ប៉ាន់ (pan).

• ป้าน (bpâan)

ปั้น • (bpân)

1. earthen teapot

• “ปั้น” 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.