ดาว

See also: ด้าว

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *t.naːwᴬ. Cognate with Lao ດາວ (dāo), Northern Thai ᨯᩣ᩠ᩅ, Lü ᦡᦱᧁ (ḋaaw), Shan လၢဝ် (lǎao), Zhuang ndaundeiq. Compare Proto-Austronesian *qajaw (compare Paiwan qadaw (“sun, day”), Tagalog araw (“sun”), Maori ao (“daytime”)).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ดาว ɗ ā w
Romanization	Paiboon	daao
	Royal Institute	dao
(standard) IPA(key)		/daːw˧/(R)
Homophones edit		ดาวน์

Noun

ดาว • (daao) (classifier ดวง)

1. star (any sense).
2. celebrity.
3. (zoology) (ปลา~) starfish.
4. (zoology) (เสือ~) leopard.
5. (zoology) (แมว~) leopard cat.
6. (zoology) (กวาง~) chital.