Word.ws English Dictionary

khaen

khaen is the alternative spelling of khene.

Meaning of khene

Noun

khene (plural khenes)

  1. A traditional musical instrument of Laos, being a type of bamboo mouth organ.
    • There are processions led by dancers with castanets and accompanied by musicians playing the Kène.1951, Norman Lewis, A Dragon Apparent, Eland, published 2003, page 296

Forms of khaen

pluralkhaens

Questions about khaen

What is khaen the alternative spelling of?
Khaen is the alternative spelling of khene.

Words near khaen in the dictionary

  1. khadirs
  2. khadis
  3. Khadka
  4. Khadkas
  5. khads
  6. khaen
  7. khaens
  8. khaf
  9. khafd
  10. khafs
  11. khagan

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: khaen (page history and authors); khene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “khaen.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/khaen. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.