ตลิ่ง

Thai

Alternative forms

• ตาหลิ่ง — obsolete
• หลิ่ง (hlìng) — dated

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tai *ʰliŋᴮ (“steep”). Cognate with Lao ຕະລິ່ງ (ta ling), ຕະຫຼິ່ງ (ta ling), ຫຼິ່ງ (ling), Lü ᦜᦲᧂᧈ (l̇iing¹, “steep”), Shan လိင်ႇ (lìng, “uneven; incline”), Tai Nüa ᥘᥤᥒᥱ (lǐng, “steep”), Zhuang lingq (“steep”), Zuojiang Zhuang lingq (“steep”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ตลิ่ง t l i ˋ ŋ
Phonemic		ตะ-หฺลิ่ง t a – h ̥ l i ˋ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	dtà-lìng
	Royal Institute	ta-ling
(standard) IPA(key)		/ta˨˩.liŋ˨˩/(R)

Noun

ตลิ่ง • (dtà-lìng)

1. bank (of a river or a canal)

Synonyms

• ฝั่ง (fàng)