ธง

Thai

Etymology

Uncertain, but ธ in the word is definitely contaminated by Pali dhaja (whence Thai ธชะ, ธัช (tách)). Compare Northern Thai ᨴᩩᨦ, Lao ທຸງ (thung), Khün ᨴᩩᨦ, Lü ᦑᦳᧂ (tung), Shan တုင်း (túng), Tai Nüa ᥖᥧᥒᥰ (tüng), Khmer ទង់ (tŭəng).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ธง dʰ ŋ
Phonemic		ทง d ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	tong
	Royal Institute	thong
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰoŋ˧/(R)
Homophones edit		ธงก์

Noun

ธง • (tong) (classifier ผืน)

1. flag.

Derived terms

• ธงธรรมจักร