ตำแหน่ง

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Khmer taṃneṅ (“administration, governance; administrator, governor; used as a slave name”), an extended form of Old Khmer teṅ (“to administer; to govern; used as a title of rank or function; etc”), whence Thai แต่ง (dtɛ̀ng).

Cognate with Lao ຕຳແໜ່ງ (tam nǣng), Northern Khmer ตัมแนญ, Modern Khmer តំណែង (tɑmnaeng).

Pronunciation

Orthographicตำแหน่ง
t å æ h n ˋ ŋ
Phonemic
{Unorthographical; Short}
ตำ-แหฺน็่ง
t å – æ h ̥ n ˘ ˋ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboondtam-nɛ̀ng
Royal Institutetam-naeng
(standard) IPA(key)/tam˧.nɛŋ˨˩/(R)

Noun

ตำแหน่ง • (dtam-nɛ̀ng)

  1. position; location; point; spot
  2. position; office

Derived terms

  • โดยตำแหน่ง (dooi-dtam-nɛ̀ng)
  • ตำแหน่งที่ตั้ง
  • ตำแหน่งแห่งหน
  • ประจำตำแหน่ง

Further reading

  • “ตำแหน่ง” 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.
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