จิ้งจก

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Thai

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จิ้งจกบ้านหางแบน (flat-tailed house gecko)
จิ้งจกบ้านหางหนาม (common house gecko)

Etymology

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Onomatopoeic. Compare Khmer ជីងចក់ (ciing cɑk), Mon ဂစက်, and Vietnamese chanh chách.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicจิ้งจก
t͡ɕ i ˆ ŋ t͡ɕ k
Phonemic
จิ้ง-จก
t͡ɕ i ˆ ŋ – t͡ɕ k
RomanizationPaiboonjîng-jòk
Royal Instituteching-chok
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕiŋ˥˩.t͡ɕok̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

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จิ้งจก (jîng-jòk) (classifier ตัว)

  1. house gecko.
  2. (zoology) any small gecko of the families Gekkonidae and Eublepharidae.