โพดำ

Thai

Etymology

โพ (poo, sacred fig) +‎ ดำ (dam, black), likely referring to the spade suit's black color and its resemblance to a sacred fig tree.

Pronunciation

Orthographicโพดำ
o b ɗ å
Phonemic
โพ-ดำ
o b – ɗ å
RomanizationPaiboonpoo-dam
Royal Institutepho-dam
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰoː˧.dam˧/(R)

Noun

โพดำ • (poo-dam)

  1. (card games) spade

See also

Suits in Thai · ชุดไพ่ป๊อก (layout · text)
โพแดง (poo-dɛɛng) ข้าวหลามตัด (kâao-lǎam-dtàt) โพดำ (poo-dam) ดอกจิก (dɔ̀ɔk-jìk)

Further reading

  • โพดำ” 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.