หมาวัด

Thai

Etymology

หมา (mǎa, “dog”) +‎ วัด (wát, “monastery; temple”); literally "temple's dog".

Pronunciation

Orthographicหมาวัด
h m ā w ạ ɗ
Phonemic
หฺมา-วัด
h ̥ m ā – w ạ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonmǎa-wát
Royal Institutema-wat
(standard) IPA(key)/maː˩˩˦.wat̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

หมาวัด • (mǎa-wát)

  1. (idiomatic, derogatory) man of low status who wishes for a woman of high status as his lover.

Usage notes

Synonyms

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.