เลข
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Thai
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | เลข e l kʰ | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | เลก e l k | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | lêek |
| Royal Institute | lek | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /leːk̚˥˩/(R) | |
| Homophones | เลก | |
Etymology 1
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit เลข (lekha, “letter; character; writing”). Cognate with Lao ເລກ (lēk), Khmer លេខ (leek).
Compare Sanskrit लेखा (lekhā), whence Thai เลขา (lee-kǎa). Compare also Sanskrit रेखा (rekhā), whence Thai เรขา (ree-kǎa) and เรข (rêek).
Noun
[edit]เลข • (lêek)
- (elegant) letter; character; writing
- digit; numeral; number; figure
- (colloquial) mathematics
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]เลข • (lêek)
- alternative form of เลก (lêek)
Further reading
[edit]- “เลข” 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.