วาฬ

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Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

วาฬ m

  1. Thai script form of vāḷa (snake; beast of prey)

Declension

Thai

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Pali vāḷa (ferine; savage).

Pronunciation

Orthographicวาฬ
w ā ɭ
Phonemic
วาน
w ā n

วา-ละ-
w ā – l a –
RomanizationPaiboonwaanwaa-lá-
Royal Institutewanwa-la-
(standard) IPA(key)/waːn˧/(R)/waː˧.la˦˥./
Homophones

Noun

วาฬ (waan)

  1. Alternative form of พาฬ (paan)

Etymology 2

Shortened from Dutch walvisch.

Pronunciation

Orthographicวาฬ
w ā ɭ
Phonemic
วาน
w ā n
RomanizationPaiboonwaan
Royal Institutewan
(standard) IPA(key)/waːn˧/(R)
Homophones

Noun

วาฬ (waan) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (ปลา~) whale