Thai

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Alternative forms

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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From Sanskrit दोष (doṣa, crime; harm; etc); perhaps via Old Khmer doṣa (crime, offence; blame, accusation; harm, danger; wrong, evil; etc). Cognate with Modern Khmer ទោស (tooh).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicโทษ
o d ʂ
Phonemic
โทด
o d ɗ
[bound form]
โทด-สะ-
o d ɗ – s a –
RomanizationPaiboontôottôot-sà-
Royal Institutethotthot-sa-
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰoːt̚˥˩/(R)/tʰoːt̚˥˩.sa˨˩./

Noun

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โทษ (tôot) (classifier สถาน or ฐาน)

  1. punishment; penalty.
  2. crime, offence; fault, mistake; wrong, evil.
  3. blame; accusation.
  4. bad point; weak point; flaw; defect; demerit; disadvantage.
  5. harm; danger; detriment.

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Verb

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โทษ (tôot) (abstract noun การโทษ)

  1. to blame; to accuse.