ดอน

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ดร (dɔɔn)archaic, obsolete or dated

Etymology

Cognate with Lao ດອນ (dǭn).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicดอน
ɗ ɒ n
RomanizationPaiboondɔɔn
Royal Institutedon
(standard) IPA(key)/dɔːn˧/(R)
Homophonesดร

Noun

ดอน • (dɔɔn)

  1. area of land lying above the level where water flows or where flooding occurs
  2. tidal island
  3. (dialect) island in a river

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ดอน” 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.