ข่าว

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See also: ข้าว and ขาว

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰaːwᴮ¹ (news). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡ᩵ᩣ᩠ᩅ, Lao ຂ່າວ (khāo), ᦃᦱᧁᧈ (ẋaaw¹), Tai Dam ꪄ꪿ꪱꪫ, Shan ၶၢဝ်ႇ (khàao), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥝᥱ (xǎaw), Phake ၵွ် (khaw), Ahom *𑜁𑜨𑜧 (*khow), Zuojiang Zhuang hauq.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicข่าว
kʰ ˋ ā w
RomanizationPaiboonkàao
Royal Institutekhao
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːw˨˩/(R)

Noun

ข่าว (kàao)

  1. news.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Khmer: (archaic) ខាវ (khaaw)
  • Northern Khmer: คาว