ตาว

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• tāva (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ताव (Devanagari script)
• তাৰ (Bengali script)
• තාව (Sinhalese script)
• တာဝ or တႃဝ (Burmese script)
• ตาวะ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩣᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕາວ or ຕາວະ (Lao script)
• តាវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄂𑅇 (Chakma script)

Adverb

ตาว (tāva)

1. Thai script form of tāva

Thai

Etymology

Compare Middle Chinese 刀 (MC taw, “knife”). Cognate with Lao ຕາວ (tāo), Shan တၢဝ် (tǎao), Ahom 𑜄𑜧 (taw).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ตาว t ā w
Romanization	Paiboon	dtaao
	Royal Institute	tao
(standard) IPA(key)		/taːw˧/(R)

Noun

ตาว • (dtaao)

1. (archaic) long knife; sword.