ผู้พัน(pôo pan)

Meanings

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colonel (form of address)

a colloquial Thai way to address or refer to a colonel; also used for a lieutenant colonel who commands a battalion.

Examples

ผู้พันpôo panผู้พันpôo pancolonel (form of address)สมชายsŏm chaaiสมชายsŏm chaaiSomchai (male given name)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsคุณพ่อkun pâwคุณพ่อkun pâw1father; Dad (polite)2Father (Catholic priest)ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)
Colonel Somchai is my father's friend.

Word Breakdown

ผู้pôoผู้pôo1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)Part 1
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พันpanพันpan1thousand (1,000)2thousand (modifier)3[to] wrap; wind; coil; bandage4[to] tie; bind; fasten5kin; relations; lineage (formal)6[to be] involved; entangled; implicatedPart 2
ผู้พันpôo panผู้พันpôo pancolonel (form of address)