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พล

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See also: พลู

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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พล n

  1. Thai script form of bala (strength)

Declension

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Thai

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Pali bala (force; power; strength) or Sanskrit बल (bala, idem); cognate with Old Khmer bala (force, power, strength; armed force, military body) (whence Khmer ពល (pŭəl)).

TDP separates the "strength", "soldier", "influence", and "population" senses, though they are semantically equivalent.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicพล
b l
Phonemic
พน
b n
[bound form]
พน-ละ-
b n – l a –
[bound form]
พะ-ละ-
b a – l a –
RomanizationPaiboonponpon-lá-pá-lá-
Royal Institutephonphon-la-pha-la-
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰon˧/(R)/pʰon˧.la˦˥.//pʰa˦˥.la˦˥./
Homophonesพน

Noun

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พล (pon)

  1. force; strength; energy; power
  2. armed force; military body
  3. soldier; member of an armed force or military body; person engaged in military service
  4. general: officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably identical to Etymology 1.”)

Pronunciation

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Orthographicพล
b l
Phonemic
พอ-ลอ
b ɒ – l ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonpɔɔ-lɔɔ
Royal Institutepho-lo
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰɔː˧.lɔː˧/(R)

Proper noun

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พล (pɔɔ-lɔɔ)

  1. initialism of พิษณุโลก (pít-sà-nú-lôok): Phitsanulok (a province of Thailand)

Further reading

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  • พล” 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.