เหรียญ

Thai

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Portuguese real (“former currency of Portugal”) with adaptation to be similar with Pali hirañña. Cognate with Lao ຫຼຽນ (līan), Malay riyal, and Khmer រៀល (riəl). Doublet of เรียล (riial).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเหรียญ
e h r ī y ɲ
Phonemic
เหฺรียน
e h ̥ r ī y n
RomanizationPaiboonrǐian
Royal Instituterian
(standard) IPA(key)/ria̯n˩˩˦/(R)
Audio

Noun

เหรียญ • (rǐian) (classifier เหรียญ or อัน)

  1. coin.
  2. (dated) dollar.
  3. medal.

Classifier

เหรียญ • (rǐian)

  1. Classifier for coins, dollars, medals, etc.
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