ตุ๊กตา

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly from Old Khmer តុក្តរ៑ (tuktar), តុក្តរ (tuktara, doll). Cognate with Khmer តុក្កតា (tokkaʼtaa), Lao ຕຸກກະຕາ (tuk ka tā), ᦅᦎ (kṫ).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicตุ๊กตา
t u ˊ k t ā
Phonemic
ตุ๊ก-กะ-ตา
t u ˊ k – k a – t ā
RomanizationPaiboondtúk-gà-dtaa
Royal Institutetuk-ka-ta
(standard) IPA(key)/tuk̚˦˥.ka˨˩.taː˧/(R)

Noun

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ตุ๊กตา (dtúk-gà-dtaa)

  1. (classifier ตัว) doll.
  2. (by extension) example; illustration; model; paradigm.
  3. (anatomy, somewhat dated) pupil.

Derived terms

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