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How to say sub-district headman (kamnan)
in Thai
กำนัน
gam-nan
sub-district headman (kamnan)
gam midnan mid
Elected from the village headmen of a ตำบล; senior to ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Classifier
- คน
In a sentence
- บ้านกำนันbâan gam-nanthe kamnan's house
From the same situation: Agriculture and rural life
- เกษตรกรfarmer (general)
- การเกษตรagriculture, farming
- ภาคเกษตรthe agricultural sector
- ชาวสวนorchard or plantation grower
- ชาวไร่field-crop farmer
- ไร่rai (1,600 m²); upland field
- ตารางวาsquare wa (4 m²)
- แปลงplot, bed (of land)
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