Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

วาฬ m

  1. Thai script form of vāḷa (snake; beast of prey)

Declension edit

Thai edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Pali vāḷa (ferine; savage).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicวาฬ
w ā ɭ
Phonemic
วาน
w ā n
[bound form]
วา-ละ-
w ā – l a –
RomanizationPaiboonwaanwaa-lá-
Royal Institutewanwa-la-
(standard) IPA(key)/waːn˧/(R)/waː˧.la˦˥./
Homophones

Noun edit

วาฬ (waan)

  1. Alternative form of พาฬ (paan)

Etymology 2 edit

Shortened from Dutch walvisch.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicวาฬ
w ā ɭ
Phonemic
วาน
w ā n
RomanizationPaiboonwaan
Royal Institutewan
(standard) IPA(key)/waːn˧/(R)
Homophones

Noun edit

วาฬ (waan) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (ปลา~) whale: marine mammal.

References edit