เฉพาะ
Thai
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Khmer ឆ្ពោះ (chboḥ), ចពោះហ (caboḥha), ឈ្មោះ (jhmoḥ, “to move or make straight for, to proceed directly to; to direct or address to”); compare Modern Khmer ឆ្ពោះ (chpŭəh, “to move towards; to, towards, facing”). Related to จำเพาะ (jam-pɔ́).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | เฉพาะ e t͡ɕʰ b ā a | |
| Phonemic | ฉะ-เพาะ t͡ɕʰ a – e b ā a | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | chà-pɔ́ |
| Royal Institute | cha-pho | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /t͡ɕʰa˨˩.pʰɔʔ˦˥/(R) | |
Adjective
เฉพาะ • (chà-pɔ́) (abstract noun ความเฉพาะ)