ดาว

See also: ด้าว

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *t.naːwᴬ. Cognate with Lao ດາວ (dāo), Northern Thai ᨯᩣ᩠ᩅ, ᦡᦱᧁ (ḋaaw), Shan လၢဝ် (lǎao), Tai Dam ꪒꪱꪫ, Tày đao, Zhuang ndaundeiq.

Compare Proto-Hlai *ɾaːw (star), Proto-Austronesian *qajaw (whence Paiwan qadaw (sun, day), Tagalog araw (sun), Māori ao (daytime)).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicดาว
ɗ ā w
RomanizationPaiboondaao
Royal Institutedao
(standard) IPA(key)/daːw˧/(R)
Homophonesดาวน์

Noun

ดาว • (daao)

  1. (classifier ดวง) star (any sense)
  2. (classifier คน) celebrity
  3. (zoology) (classifier ตัว) (ปลา~) starfish
  4. (zoology) (classifier ตัว) (เสือ~) leopard
  5. (zoology) (classifier ตัว) (แมว~) leopard cat
  6. (zoology) (classifier ตัว) (กวาง~) chital

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Further reading

  • ดาว” 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.