วาฬ

Thai

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Pali vāḷa (ferine; savage).

Pronunciation

Orthographicวาฬ
wāɭ
Phonemicวาน
wān
[bound form]
วา-ละ-
wāla
RomanizationPaiboonwaanwaa-lá-
Royal Institutewanwa-la-
(standard) IPA(key)/waːn˧//waː˧.la˦˥./
Homophones

Noun

วาฬ (waan)

  1. Alternative form of พาฬ (paan)

Etymology 2

Shortened from Middle Dutch walvisch.[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographicวาฬ
wāɭ
Phonemicวาน
wān
RomanizationPaiboonwaan
Royal Institutewan
(standard) IPA(key)/waːn˧/
Homophones

Noun

วาฬ (waan) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (ปลา~) whale: marine mammal.

References

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