เฒ่า
Thai
Alternative forms
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "dated" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. เถ้า (tâo)
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *crawᶜ (“senior”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨰᩮᩢ᩵ᩣ or ᨳᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ, Lao ເຖົ້າ (thao), Lü ᦏᧁᧉ (ṫhaw²), Shan ထဝ်ႈ (thāo), Ahom 𑜌𑜧 (thaw) or 𑜌𑜨𑜧 (thow).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | เฒ่า e ɖʰ ˋ ā | |
| Phonemic | เท่า e d ˋ ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | tâo |
| Royal Institute | thao | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /tʰaw˥˩/(R) | |
| Homophones | เถ้า เท่า | |
Adjective
เฒ่า • (tâo) (abstract noun ความเฒ่า)
- aged, very old.