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Thai
Etymology
From ตัด (dtàt, “to cut”) + หาง (hǎang, “tail”) + ปล่อย (bplɔ̀i, “to release”) + วัด (wát, “temple”), literally “to cut the tail release a temple”; believed to be from the traditional practice of releasing a fowl, whose tail has been removed, at a temple as a symbol of leaving evil at a holy area.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
ตัดหางปล่อยวัด • (dtàt-hǎang-bplɔ̀i-wát) (abstract noun การตัดหางปล่อยวัด)
- (idiomatic, transitive, usually of a relative, especially a child) to disown; to cut ties with.
References
- ^ ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน (2009 August 24) “ที่มาของสำนวน ตัดหางปล่อยวัด”, in บทวิทยุรายการ "รู้ รัก ภาษาไทย" (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน, retrieved 2021-07-22