Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicราก
r ā k
RomanizationPaiboonrâak
Royal Instituterak
(standard) IPA(key)/raːk̚˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *C̬.raːkᴰ (root). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩣ᩠ᨠ, Khün ᩁᩣ᩠ᨠ, Lao ຮາກ (hāk), ᦣᦱᧅ (haak), Tai Dam ꪭꪱꪀ, Shan ႁၢၵ်ႈ (hāak), Ahom 𑜍𑜀𑜫 (rak), Zhuang rag, Nong Zhuang laeg, Zuojiang Zhuang lag, Saek ร̄าก.

Noun

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ราก (râak) (classifier ราก)

  1. root; foundation; source.
    รากไม้
    râak máai
    tree root
    รากเหง้า
    râak ngâo
    origin, source
  2. (botany) root.
  3. (arithmetic) radical; root (of a number).
  4. (mathematics) solution (of an equation).

Classifier

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ราก (râak)

  1. Classifier for roots.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Tai *rwɯəkᴰ (to vomit). Compare Middle Chinese (MC xuwk|xaewk). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩣ᩠ᨠ, Khün ᩁᩣ᩠ᨠ, Isan ฮาก, Lao ຮາກ (hāk), ᦣᦱᧅ (haak), Shan ႁၢၵ်ႈ (hāak), Ahom 𑜍𑜀𑜫 (rak), Nong Zhuang raeg, Saek หร้วก.

Noun

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ราก (râak)

  1. vomit.

Verb

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ราก (râak) (abstract noun การราก)

  1. to vomit; to barf; to puke.