From Old Khmer តម្រ្វច៑ (tamrvac), តម្រ្វាច៑ (tamrvāc), តំរ្វច៑ (taṃrvac), តំរ្វាច៑ (taṃrvāc), តំម្រ្វច៑ (taṃmrvac), តំម្រ្វាច៑ (taṃmrvāc, “inspection, regulation; inspector, regulator; etc”), extended forms of Old Khmer ត្រ្វច៑ (trvac), ត្រ្វាច៑ (trvāc, “to examine; to inspect; etc”), from which Thai ตรวจ (dtrùuat) is derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer តម្រួត (tɑmruət); Lao ຕຳຫຼວດ (tam lūat).
Orthographic | ตำรวจ t å r w t͡ɕ | |
Phonemic | ตำ-หฺรวด t å – h ̥ r w ɗ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | dtam-rùuat |
Royal Institute | tam-ruat | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /tam˧.rua̯t̚˨˩/(R) |
ตำรวจ • (dtam-rùuat) (classifier คน or นาย)