Thai

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Etymology

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From Old Chinese (OC *roːɡ, “pulley”). Cognate with Khmer រ៉ក (rɑɑk), Mon ရံက်, Vietnamese *rọc (as in ròng rọc).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicรอก
r ɒ k
RomanizationPaiboonrɔ̂ɔk
Royal Instituterok
(standard) IPA(key)/rɔːk̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

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รอก (rɔ̂ɔk)

  1. pulley.