ต่างด้าว

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Thai

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Etymology

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From ต่าง (dtàang, different) +‎ ด้าว (dâao, country, land).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicต่างด้าว
t ˋ ā ŋ ɗ ˆ ā w
Phonemic
ต่าง-ด้าว
t ˋ ā ŋ – ɗ ˆ ā w
RomanizationPaiboondtàang-dâao
Royal Institutetang-dao
(standard) IPA(key)/taːŋ˨˩.daːw˥˩/(R)

Adjective

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ต่างด้าว (dtàang-dâao)

  1. (now chiefly found in law, derogatory elsewhere) foreign; alien.

Noun

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ต่างด้าว (dtàang-dâao) (classifier คน)

  1. (now chiefly found in law, derogatory elsewhere) foreigner; alien.

Usage notes

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  • Outside legal contexts, now often derogatorily applied to people from the neighbouring countries of Thailand, as Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, etc.

Synonyms

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