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ข่าว

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See also: ข้าว and ขาว

Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰaːwᴮ¹ (news). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡ᩵ᩣ᩠ᩅ, Lao ຂ່າວ (khāo), ᦃᦱᧁᧈ (ẋaaw¹), Tai Dam ꪄ꪿ꪱꪫ, Shan ၶၢဝ်ႇ (khàao), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥝᥱ (xǎaw), Phake ၵ︀ွ် (khaw), Ahom *𑜁𑜨𑜧 (*khow), Zuojiang Zhuang hauq.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicข่าว
kʰ ˋ ā w
RomanizationPaiboonkàao
Royal Institutekhao
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːw˨˩/(R)

Noun

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ข่าว (kàao) (classifier ข่าว or เรื่อง)

  1. news.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Khmer: (archaic) ខាវ (khaaw)
  • Northern Khmer: คาว

Further reading

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  • ข่าว” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.