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เลข

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographicเลข
e l kʰ
Phonemic
เลก
e l k
RomanizationPaiboonlêek
Royal Institutelek
(standard) IPA(key)/leːk̚˥˩/(R)
Homophonesเลก

Etymology 1

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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

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เลข (lêek)

  1. (elegant) letter; character; writing
  2. digit; numeral; number; figure
  3. (colloquial) mathematics
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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เลข (lêek)

  1. alternative form of เลก (lêek)

Further reading

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  • 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.