Where does “ขณะนี้” come from?

ขณะนี้ (Thai) comes from Thai ขณะ, from Pali khaṇa, from Sanskrit क्षण — any instantaneous point of time, an instant, a...

ขณะนี้ (Thai): at this time, at present, at this moment

Definitions

  1. at this time, at present, at this moment

Ancestry of “ขณะนี้”, step by step

ขณะนี้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขณะ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขณะmoment; while
2Palikhaṇamoment
3Sanskritक्षणany instantaneous point of time, an instant, a...

via Thai นี้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนี้this; these
2Proto-Tainajᶜthis
Every word from Sanskrit क्षण →Every word from Pali khaṇa →Every word from Thai ขณะ →