Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit जातक (jātaka) or Pali jātaka. Compare Lao ຊາດົກ (sā dok), ᦋᦱᦷᦡᧅ (tsaaḋok).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicชาดก
d͡ʑ ā ɗ k
Phonemic
ชา-ดก
d͡ʑ ā – ɗ k
RomanizationPaiboonchaa-dòk
Royal Institutecha-dok
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaː˧.dok̚˨˩/(R)

Noun edit

ชาดก (chaa-dòk)

  1. fable
  2. (Buddhism) jataka