มะโรง

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer roṅ, roṅa (“dragon (zodiac)”). The first syllable, má, is interpolated. Cognate with Modern Khmer រោង (roong). Compare Chinese 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ, “dragon”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		มะโรง m a o r ŋ
Phonemic		มะ-โรง m a – o r ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	má-roong
	Royal Institute	ma-rong
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ma˦˥.roːŋ˧/^(R)

Noun

มะโรง • (má-roong)

(astrology) (ปี~, ~ศก) Year of the Dragon, the fifth year in the cycle of twelve years under the lunar calendar.

Synonyms

Proper noun