พาฬ

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Pali bāḷa (ferine; savage). Compare Pali vāḷa (ferine; savage); Sanskrit व्याल (vyāla, wicked, vicious; wicked animal; cruel animal).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicพาฬ
b ā ɭ
Phonemic
พาน
b ā n
[bound form]
พา-ละ-
b ā – l a –
RomanizationPaiboonpaanpaa-lá-
Royal Institutephanpha-la-
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰaːn˧/(R)/pʰaː˧.la˦˥./
Homophones

Noun

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พาฬ (paan)

  1. (literary, poetic) ferocious or carnivorous animal, as elephant, lion, snake, tiger, etc.