หัวโขน

Thai

FWOTD – 5 January 2020
Khon masks

Etymology

From หัว (hǔua, “head”) +‎ โขน (kǒon, “Khon: a traditional masked performance”); literally "Khon head", referring to a mask worn in performing Khon, depicting a character from the epic Rāmāyaṇa.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหัวโขน
h ạ w o kʰ n
Phonemic
หัว-โขน
h ạ w – o kʰ n
RomanizationPaiboonhǔua-kǒon
Royal Institutehua-khon
(standard) IPA(key)/hua̯˩˩˦.kʰoːn˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

หัวโขน • (hǔua-kǒon)

  1. (figurative) role, function; position, office.
  2. (literally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see หัว (hǔua),‎ โขน (kǒon).
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