พฤศจิก

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika, “scorpion”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พฤศจิก b ṛ ɕ t͡ɕ i k
Phonemic		พฺรึด-สะ-จิก b ̥ r ụ ɗ – s a – t͡ɕ i k
Romanization	Paiboon	prʉ́t-sà-jìk
	Royal Institute	phruet-sa-chik
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰrɯt̚˦˥.sa˨˩.t͡ɕik̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

พฤศจิก • (prʉ́t-sà-jìk)

1. scorpion (Zodiac symbol)

Derived terms

• พฤศจิกายน (prʉ́t-sà-jì-gaa-yon)

Further reading

• “พฤศจิก” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.