โทรเลข

Thai

Etymology

Calque of English telegram. By surface analysis, โทร (too-rá-, tele-) +‎ เลข (lêek, writing).

Pronunciation

Orthographicโทรเลข
o d r e l kʰ
Phonemic
โท-ระ-เลก
o d – r a – e l k
RomanizationPaiboontoo-rá-lêek
Royal Institutetho-ra-lek
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰoː˧.ra˦˥.leːk̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

โทรเลข • (too-rá-lêek)

  1. telegraph; telegram

Descendants

  • Khmer: ទូរលេខ (tuurĕəʼleek)
  • Lao: ໂທຣະເລກ (thō ra lēk)