พระตะบอง

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ปัตบอง — archaic

Etymology

Compound of พระ (prá, “honorific”, literally “divine, holy, etc”) +‎ ตะบอง (dtà-bɔɔng, “club (staff)”). Compare Khmer បាត់ដំបង (batdɑmbɑɑng, literally “lost club”), from បាត់ (bat, “lost; missing”) + ដំបង (dɑmbɑɑng, “club (staff)”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicพระตะบอง
b r a t a ɓ ɒ ŋ
Phonemic
พฺระ-ตะ-บอง
b ̥ r a – t a – ɓ ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonprá-dtà-bɔɔng
Royal Institutephra-ta-bong
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰra˦˥.ta˨˩.bɔːŋ˧/(R)

Proper noun

พระตะบอง • (prá-dtà-bɔɔng)

  1. Battambang, a city in Cambodia.
  2. Battambang, a province in Cambodia containing this city.
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