ตา

Chong

Noun

ตา (transliteration needed)

1. maternal grandfather
2. duck

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• tā (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ता (Devanagari script)
• তা (Bengali script)
• තා (Sinhalese script)
• တာ or တႃ (Burmese script)
• ᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕາ (Lao script)
• តា (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ตา (tā)

1. (demonstrative) Thai script form of tā, which is feminine nominative/accusative plural of ต (ta, “those”)
2. (demonstrative) Thai script form of tā, which is feminine nominative/accusative plural of ตะ (ta, “those”)

Pronoun

ตา (tā)

1. (demonstrative) Thai script form of tā, which is feminine nominative/accusative plural of ต (ta, “they, them”)
2. (demonstrative) Thai script form of tā, which is feminine nominative/accusative plural of ตะ (ta, “they, them”)

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ตา t ā
Romanization	Paiboon	dtaa
	Royal Institute	ta
(standard) IPA(key)		/taː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *taːᴬ (“maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa), Bouyei dal, Zhuang da.

Noun

ตา • (dtaa) (classifier คน)

1. maternal grandfather.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Aiton တႃ (tā), Ahom 𑜄𑜠 (ta) or 𑜄𑜡 (tā), Bouyei dal, Zhuang da. Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui ndal, Southern Kam dal, Hlai [ʈʂʰaː¹] and Lingao [ɗa¹]. Compare Old Chinese 睹 (OC *taːʔ, “to see”), Proto-Austronesian *mata (“eye”).

Noun

ตา • (dtaa) (classifier ดวง or ตา)

1. (anatomy) eye.
2. time; turn; moment.
3. (botany) bud