ดอก

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ดอก ɗ ɒ k
Romanization	Paiboon	dɔ̀ɔk
	Royal Institute	dok
(standard) IPA(key)		/dɔːk̚˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓloːkᴰ (“flower”). Compare Lü ᦡᦸᧅᧈ (ḋoak¹), Lao ດອກ (dǭk). Compare to Tagalog bulaklak.

Noun

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

1. (botany) flower.
2. used as a title for flowers.
3. thing that comes, grows, accrues, arises, or develops from or out of another thing.
4. (colloquial) Clipping of ดอกเบี้ย (dɔ̀ɔk-bîia, “interest”, literally “flower of money”).
5. (vulgar, slang, derogatory, offensive) (อิ~, อี~, อี่~) Clipping of ดอกทอง (dɔ̀ɔk-tɔɔng, “slut; bitch; etc”, literally “golden flower”).
6. speck, speckle, spot, dot; circle, orb.

Interjection

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

1. (vulgar, originally LGBT slang) (อิ~, อี~, อี่~) Clipping of ดอกทอง (dɔ̀ɔk-tɔɔng).

Classifier

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

1. Classifier for Nouns 1, 3, 4, 6. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
2. Classifier for darts, arrows, or the like. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
3. (slang, humorous) Classifier for rounds, courses, or spells, as rounds of sexual intercourse, rounds of entertaining performance, rounds of joke-telling, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

Etymology 2

Particle

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

1. (somewhat archaic) used at the end of a negative expression for emphasising.

Etymology 3

Verb

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

1. (archaic) to tease, to kid; to mock, to ridicule; to fool, to dupe; to deceive.