พ่อ
See also: พอ
Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨻᩴ᩵ᩬ, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပေႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜦𑜨𑜡 (peoā), Zhuang boh, Bouyei boh, Saek ผ้อ. Compare Middle Chinese 父 (MC pjuX|bjuX, “father”), Old Chinese 父 (OC *paʔ, *baʔ, “father”)
Pronunciation
| Orthographic/Phonemic | พ่อ b ˋ ɒ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | pɔ̂ɔ |
| Royal Institute | pho | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pʰɔː˥˩/(R) | |
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