ทางสามแพร่ง

Thai

Etymology

From ทาง (taang, “path; road; way”) +‎ สาม (sǎam, “three”) +‎ แพร่ง (prɛ̂ng, “fork (of road, way, etc)”); literally "three-forked way".

Pronunciation

Orthographicทางสามแพร่ง
d ā ŋ s ā m æ b r ˋ ŋ
Phonemic
{Unorthographical; Short}
ทาง-สาม-แพฺร็่ง
d ā ŋ – s ā m – æ b ̥ r ˘ ˋ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboontaang-sǎam-prɛ̂ng
Royal Institutethang-sam-phraeng
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaːŋ˧.saːm˩˩˦.pʰrɛŋ˥˩/(R)

Noun

ทางสามแพร่ง • (taang-sǎam-prɛ̂ng)

  1. T-junction, traditionally believed to be employed by the dead and thus deemed a very unholy spot.
  • สามแยก (“three-way junction”)
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