# คุณ
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* guṇa (Latin script)
* 𑀕𑀼𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* गुण (Devanagari script)
* গুণ (Bengali script)
* ගුණ (Sinhalese script)
* ဂုဏ or ၷုꧣ (Burmese script)
* คุณะ (Thai script)
* ᨣᩩᨱ (Tai Tham script)
* ຄຸຓ or ຄຸຓະ (Lao script)
* គុណ (Khmer script)
* 𑄉𑄪𑄕 (Chakma script)

### Noun

คุณ m
* Thai script form of guṇa (“string”)
* Thai script form of guṇa (“quality”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* গুণ (Assamese script)
* ᬕᬸᬡ (Balinese script)
* গুণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰲𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑀼𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* ဂုဏ (Burmese script)
* गुण (Devanagari script)
* ગુણ (Gujarati script)
* ਗੁਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑍁𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦸꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑂳𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ಗುಣ (Kannada script)
* គុណ (Khmer script)
* ຄຸຓ (Lao script)
* ഗുണ (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᡠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘳𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠤᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑧔𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑐸𑐞 (Newa script)
* ଗୁଣ (Odia script)
* ꢔꢸꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑆶𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖲𑖜 (Siddham script)
* ගුණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞𑩒𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚰𑚘 (Takri script)
* கு³ண (Tamil script)
* గుణ (Telugu script)
* གུ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑒳𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑨃𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Noun

คุณ • (guṇá) stem, m
* Thai script form of गुण (“merit”)

## Thai
### Alternative forms

* K' (K')
* K. (K.)
* ขุ่น (kùn)
* คูม (kuum)
* จุ่น (jùn)

### Etymology

From Pali guṇa (“cord; fibre; quality”) or from Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, “quality, feature, attribute; merit, virtue; etc”); probably via Old Khmer គុណ (guṇa, “attribute; excellence; interest; merit; property; quality; supernatural power; virtue”). Cognate with Lao ຄຸນ (khun); Khmer គុណ (kun); Old Javanese guṇa.

### Pronunciation

| Orthographic | Orthographic | คุณ g u ɳ | คุณ g u ɳ |
| Phonemic | Phonemic | คุน g u n | [bound form] คุน-นะ- g u n – n a – |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kun | kun-ná- |
| Romanization | Royal Institute | khun | khun-na- |
| (standard) IPA | (standard) IPA | /kʰun˧/ | /kʰun˧.na˦˥./ |
| Audio | Audio | | |

### Noun

คุณ • (kun)
* attribute; characteristic; property.
* benefit; interest; use.
* magic; black magic; black art; occult; supernatural power.
* excellence; goodness.
* morality; virtue.
* (พระ~) favour; kindness.
* a noble title given to an unmarried woman who has been conferred with the royal decoration of Chula Chom Klao (second class to fourth class).
* (colloquial, polite) used as a title for or term of address to anyone out of respect.

#### Usage notes

* (noble title): If the woman is married, the title คุณหญิง (kun-yǐng) is used. As for the woman who is a member of the special second class or higher class, the title ท่านผู้หญิง (tân-pûu-yǐng) is used, irrespective of the marital status.

#### Derived terms

* ขอบคุณ (kɔ̀ɔp-kun)
* คุณค่า (kun-kâa)
* คุณงามความดี
* คุณชาย
* คุณธรรม (kun-ná-tam)
* คุณนาม
* คุณนาย (kun-naai)
* คุณบท
* คุณประโยชน์
* คุณพระ (kun-prá)
* คุณพระคุณเจ้า
* คุณพระช่วย
* คุณพิเศษ
* คุณภาพ (kun-ná-pâap)
* คุณลักษณะ
* คุณวิเศษ
* คุณวุฒิ
* คุณศัพท์ (kun-ná-sàp)
* คุณสมบัติ (kun-ná-sǒm-bàt)
* คุณไสย
* คุณหญิง (kun-yǐng)
* คุณหนู
* คุณหลวง
* คุณากร
* คุณูปการ
* คุโณปการ
* บุญคุณ

### Pronoun

คุณ • (kun)
* (colloquial, polite) a second or third person pronoun, used out of respect.