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ขุน  khoonR
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1.ขุนkhoonR[the lowest rank of the ancient Thai civil nobility: ขุน, หลวง  (Luang), พระ  (Phra), พระยา (Phraya), เจ้าพระยา  (Chao Phraya)] a regional ruler in the time before Thailand came under one sovereignity; sovereign; leader; head; chieftian; overlord; suzerain
2.ขุนkhoonRthe king in chess
3.ขุนkhoonRto feed; to nourish; to breed; to raise; to rear
4.ขุนkhoonRbig; large; gigantic; great
5.ลูกขุนluukF khoonRjury; juror

pronunciation guide
Phonemic Thaiขุน
IPAkʰǔn
Royal Thai General Systemkhun

1.   [noun, proper noun, person, pronoun, formal]
definition
[the lowest rank of the ancient Thai civil nobility: ขุน, หลวง  (Luang), พระ  (Phra), พระยา (Phraya), เจ้าพระยา  (Chao Phraya)] a regional ruler in the time before Thailand came under one sovereignity; sovereign; leader; head; chieftian; overlord; suzerain

related wordsพระ phraH[a title of ancient Thai civil nobility between พระยา (Phraya) and หลวง  (Luang)]
พระยาphraH yaaM[title of ancient Thai civil nobility nobility between พระ  (Phra) and เจ้าพระยา  (Chao Phraya)]
หลวง luaangR[a conferred title or rank of the ancient Thai civil nobility being the second of a series of five conferred ranks: ขุน  (Khun), Luang, พระ  (Phra), พระยา (Phraya), เจ้าพระยา  (Chao Phraya)]
เจ้าพระยา jaoF phraH yaaM[the highest rank of the ancient Thai civil nobility: ขุน  (Khun), หลวง  (Luang), พระ  (Phra), พระยา (Phraya) and Chao Phraya]
ออก aawkL[an ancient prefix to an official's name (e.g. ออกหลวง )]
examplesตูดปอดยอดขุนพลdtuutL bpaawtL yaawtF khoonR phohnM[conversational version of ก้นปอดยอดขุนพล]
พ่อขุนphaawF khoonRsovereign; king
ศาลาลูกขุนsaaR laaM luukF khoonRLuk Khun Hall at the Grand Palace (Bangkok)
sample
sentence
ก้นปอดยอดขุนพล
gohnF bpaawtL yaawtF khoonR phohnM
[colloquial Thai adage] "A man with lean buttocks will excel in bed."
2.   [noun]
definition
the king in chess

categories
3.   [verb, transitive, intransitive]
definition
to feed; to nourish; to breed; to raise; to rear

examplesขุนให้อ้วนพีkhoonR haiF uaanF pheeMto feed and nourish until fat, plump and strong
โคขุนkhohM khoonRa steer [beef animal]
4.   [adjective]
definition
big; large; gigantic; great

examplesขุนเขาkhoonR khaoRgreat mountain
ขุนพลkhoonR phohnMwarlord
ขุนศึกkhoonR seukLwarlord; warrior; military chief
5. ลูกขุน  luukF khoonR  [noun, formal]
definition
jury; juror

categories
exampleคณะลูกขุนkhaH naH luukF khoonRjury

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