khon

See also: khôn, khön, and khốn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai โขน (kǒon).

Noun

khon (uncountable)

1. A Thai form of dance with music and narration.
   • 2007 November 9, Jennifer Dunning, “Hear Them Talk and See Them Dance, Then Watch Their Cultures Clash”, in New York Times‎:

     But he has found his perfect complement in Mr. Klunchun, a practitioner of khon, a form of classical Thai masked dance, who wanders serenely with Mr. Bel through a series of cultural collisions until the gentle cataclysm that suddenly and amusingly ends the conversation.

Anagrams

• Kohn, honk

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *kʰɔn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuun ~ *kuən. Cognate with Khasi khun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔn/

Noun

khon

1. child