จ่าฝูง

Thai

Etymology

From จ่า (jàa, “chief; lord; master”) +‎ ฝูง (fǔung, “group”, especially of animals).

Pronunciation

Orthographicจ่าฝูง
t͡ɕ ˋ ā f ū ŋ
Phonemic
จ่า-ฝูง
t͡ɕ ˋ ā – f ū ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonjàa-fǔung
Royal Institutecha-fung
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕaː˨˩.fuːŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

จ่าฝูง • (jàa-fǔung)

  1. (zoology) chief animal, such as the wolf that leads a pack of wolves or the elephant that heads a troop of elephants.
  2. (slang, sports) champion.
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