ดอก

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Etymology

Cognate with Lao ດອກ (dǭk), Thai หรอก (rɔ̀k).

Particle

ดอก (transliteration needed)

  1. used to soften a negative statement

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicดอก
ɗ ɒ k
RomanizationPaiboondɔ̀ɔk
Royal Institutedok
(standard) IPA(key)/dɔːk̚˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓloːkᴰ (“flower”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨯᩬᨠ, Lao ດອກ (dǭk), Lü ᦡᦸᧅᧈ (ḋoak¹), Tai Dam ꪚꪮꪀ, ꪒꪮꪀ, Shan မွၵ်ႇ (màuk), ဝွၵ်ႇ (wàuk), Tai Nüa ᥛᥩᥐᥱ (mǒak), Phake မွက် (mok), Ahom 𑜉𑜨𑜀𑜫 (mok), 𑜈𑜨𑜀𑜫 (bok), Nong Zhuang ndog. Doublet of กระบอก (grà-bɔ̀ɔk) and ตระบอก, both “flower”.

Noun

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (botany) flower.
  2. used as a title for flowers.
  3. thing that comes, grows, accrues, arises, or develops from or out of another thing.
  4. speck, speckle, spot, dot; circle, orb.
Derived terms

Classifier

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. Classifier for flowers. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
  2. Classifier for darts, arrows, or the like. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
  3. (slang, humorous) Classifier for rounds, courses, or spells, as rounds of sexual intercourse, rounds of entertaining performance, rounds of joke-telling, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

Etymology 2

Clipping of ดอกเบี้ย (dɔ̀ɔk-bîia), from ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk, “flower”) +‎ เบี้ย (bîia, “money”). Compare to Malay bunga (“interest”, literally “flower”).

Noun

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (colloquial, finance) interest.

Etymology 3

Clipping of ดอกทอง (dɔ̀ɔk-tɔɔng), from ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk, “flower”) +‎ ทอง (tɔɔng, “gold; golden”).

Alternative forms

Noun

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (slang, vulgar, derogatory, offensive, originally LGBT term) (อี~) lewd woman, sexually promiscuous woman, or woman who behaves in an overtly sexual way: slut, bitch, tart, etc.

Interjection

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (slang, vulgar, sometimes derogatory and offensive, originally LGBT term) (อี~) an exclamation of surprise, joy, contempt, disgust, dismay, rejection, disapproval, discontent, or anger.

Etymology 4

Particle

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (somewhat archaic) used at the end of a negative expression for emphasising.
Synonyms

Etymology 5

Verb

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (archaic) to tease, to kid; to mock, to ridicule; to fool, to dupe; to deceive.
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