ตาว

Pali

Alternative forms

Adverb

ตาว (tāva)

  1. Thai script form of tāva

Thai

Etymology

Compare Middle Chinese (MC taw, “knife”). Cognate with Lao ຕາວ (tāo), Shan တၢဝ် (tǎao), Ahom 𑜄𑜧 (taw).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicตาว
t ā w
RomanizationPaiboondtaao
Royal Institutetao
(standard) IPA(key)/taːw˧/(R)

Noun

ตาว • (dtaao)

  1. (archaic) long knife; sword.