ตรีศูล

Thai

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit त्रिशूल (triśūla, trident, literally three pikes; three spikes; three spears; etc), from त्रि (tri, three) + शूल (śūla, pike; spike; spear; etc).

By surface analysis, ตรี (dtrii) +‎ ศูล (sǔul).

Cognate with Old Khmer triśūla; Modern Khmer ត្រីសូល៍ (treisol៍), ត្រៃសូរ (traysou).

Pronunciation

Orthographicตรีศูล
t r ī ɕ ū l
Phonemic
ตฺรี-สูน
t ̥ r ī – s ū n
RomanizationPaiboondtrii-sǔun
Royal Institutetri-sun
(standard) IPA(key)/triː˧.suːn˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ตรีศูล • (dtrii-sǔun) (classifier เล่ม)

  1. (elegant) trident
    Synonyms: กรี (gà-rii), ตรี (dtrii), สามง่าม