ตุ๊กตา

Thai edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Old Khmer តុក្តរ៑ (tuktar), តុក្តរ (tuktara, doll). Cognate with Khmer តុក្កតា (tokkaʼtaa), Lao ຕຸກກະຕາ (tuk ka tā), ᦅᦎ (kṫ).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicตุ๊กตา
t u ˊ k t ā
Phonemic
ตุ๊ก-กะ-ตา
t u ˊ k – k a – t ā
RomanizationPaiboondtúk-gà-dtaa
Royal Institutetuk-ka-ta
(standard) IPA(key)/tuk̚˦˥.ka˨˩.taː˧/(R)

Noun edit

ตุ๊กตา (dtúk-gà-dtaa)

  1. (classifier ตัว) doll.
  2. (by extension) example; illustration; model; paradigm.
  3. (anatomy, somewhat dated) pupil.

Derived terms edit