กาญจน์(gaan)
Meanings
1NounB2
gold; golden
gold or golden (a formal or literary term, frequently used in proper names, places, and poetry)
Examples
คำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)กาญจน์gaanกาญจน์gaangold; goldenมักจะmák jàมักจะmák jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)ปรากฏbpraa-gòtปรากฏbpraa-gòt1[to] appear; emerge; become visible2[to] turn out; be revealed; prove to be3apparent; evident (formal)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ชื่อchêuชื่อchêu1name2reputation; renown3[to] be named; be calledคนไทยkon taiคนไทยkon taiThai person; Thai people; Thai nationalเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingมีความหมายmee kwaam-măaiมีความหมายmee kwaam-măai[to] have meaning; [to] be meaningfulที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsมงคลmong-konมงคลmong-kon1auspicious; propitious2auspicious thing/signว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeทองคำtong kamทองคำtong kam1gold (asset; investment)2figurative: something precious/valuable3gold (chemical element; precious metal)
The word Karn often appears in Thai names because it has the auspicious meaning of gold.