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| อักษรนำ akL saawnR namM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | อัก-สอน-นำ |
| IPA | ʔàk sɔ̌ːn nam |
| Royal Thai General System | akson nam |
| [noun] | |||
| definition | [Thai linguistics] the leading consonant of an initial-consonant cluster (double consonant), such as silent 'ห' (หอ นำ   ) in the word แหน , silent 'อ' (ออ นำ) in the word  อยู่ , or the leading mid- or high-class consonant in words that follow the clustered consonant tone rule | ||
| notes | Explicitly marking อักษรนำ is one use of the orthographic figure พินทุ | ||
| categories | |||
| components | อักษร | akL saawnR | alphabet; [of the alphabet:] letter; character; glyph; word; sound; vowels; consonants |
| นำ | namM | [is] leading | |
| related word | พินทุ | phinM thooH | phinthu; [name of] the sign (อฺ) indicating the first consonant of a initial-consonant cluster (double consonant) |
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