ประตัก

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Compare Sanskrit प्रतोद (pratoda, long whip); Pali patoda (driving stick); Old Khmer khdyac (goad); Persian [script needed] (katak), [script needed] (kutak), [script needed] (kutk, pestle; club; stick for chastisement; etc).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicประตัก
p r a t ạ k
Phonemic
ปฺระ-ตัก
p ̥ r a – t ạ k
RomanizationPaiboonbprà-dtàk
Royal Institutepra-tak
(standard) IPA(key)/pra˨˩.tak̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

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ประตัก (bprà-dtàk) (classifier เล่ม or อัน)

  1. goad; javelin.