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Etymology

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Possibly from the elision of ปาก (bpàak) +‎ ตู (dtuu), the latter is from Proto-Tai *tuːᴬ (door). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩪ (old) or ᨸᨲᩪ (modern), Southern Thai ตู, Lao ປະຕູ (pa tū), Shan တူ (tǔu), Bouyei dul, Zhuang dou or du.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicประตู
p r a t ū
Phonemic
ปฺระ-ตู
p ̥ r a – t ū
RomanizationPaiboonbprà-dtuu
Royal Institutepra-tu
(standard) IPA(key)/pra˨˩.tuː˧/(R)

Noun

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ประตู (bprà-dtuu) (classifier บาน)

  1. door; gate.
  2. (sports) goal.

Derived terms

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Classifier

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ประตู (bprà-dtuu)

  1. (sports) Classifier for the number of goals scored.