Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Old Khmer តម្រ្វច៑ (tamrvac), តម្រ្វាច៑ (tamrvāc), តំរ្វច៑ (taṃrvac), តំរ្វាច៑ (taṃrvāc), តំម្រ្វច៑ (taṃmrvac), តំម្រ្វាច៑ (taṃmrvāc, inspection, regulation; inspector, regulator; etc), extended forms of Old Khmer ត្រ្វច៑ (trvac), ត្រ្វាច៑ (trvāc, to examine; to inspect; etc), from which Thai ตรวจ (dtrùuat) is derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer តម្រួត (tɑmruət); Lao ຕຳຫຼວດ (tam lūat).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicตำรวจ
t å r w t͡ɕ
Phonemic
ตำ-หฺรวด
t å – h ̥ r w ɗ
RomanizationPaiboondtam-rùuat
Royal Institutetam-ruat
(standard) IPA(key)/tam˧.rua̯t̚˨˩/(R)

Noun edit

ตำรวจ (dtam-rùuat) (classifier คน or นาย)

  1. police
    เรียกตำรวจ  ―  rîiak dtam-rùuat  ―  call the police
  2. police officer

Derived terms edit