ถัง

See also: ถึง and ถุง

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ถัง tʰ ạ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	tǎng
	Royal Institute	thang
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰaŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

Compare Middle Chinese 桶 (MC thuwngX|duwngX), Khmer ថាំង (thang) and ធុង (thung), Lao ຖັງ (thang) or ກະຖັງ (ka thang), Lü ᦒᦳᧂ (thung), Shan ပုင်း (púng), Nong Zhuang doangji, Japanese 桶 (tō), Korean 통 (tong), Vietnamese thùng, Chepang [script needed] (dʰuŋ, “container, pot-shaped storage basket”) (Schuessler, 2007), Burmese တောင်း (taung:, “basket”).

Noun

ถัง • (tǎng) (classifier ใบ)

1. bucket.
2. barrel, keg or, cask.

Synonyms

• ปี๊บ (bpíip)

Derived terms

• รถถัง (rót-tǎng)
• ถังดับเพลิง (tǎng-dàp-pləəng)
• ถังขยะ (tǎng-kà-yà)

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 唐 (táng).

Proper noun

ถัง • (tǎng)

1. Tang (dynasty).