/kʰun˩˩˦.naːŋ˧/TAYCA → TR
Tanım
•public servant; public official; mandarin; bureaucrat. · nobleperson; person of noble rank; member of nobility.
Etimoloji
Believed to be from (1) ขุน (kǔn, “lord”) + นาง (naang, “lady”), literally “lord of ladies”, according to Dan Beach Bradley and Luang Wichitwathakan who explained that the term refers to a man in authority who owns a harem of women, or (2) ขุน (kǔn, “lord”) + นาง (naang, “lady”), literally “lord and lady”, according to Damrong Rajanubhab who explained that the term refers to the embodiment of a…