ขาล

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Angkorian Old Khmer ខាល៑ (khāl), ខាល (khāla, “tiger (zodiac)”) (possibly corrupted from ខ្លា (khlā, “tiger”)). Cognate with Modern Khmer ខាល (khaal).

Pronunciation

Orthographicขาล
kʰ ā l
Phonemic
ขาน
kʰ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonkǎan
Royal Institutekhan
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːn˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesขาน

Noun

ขาล • (kǎan)

  1. (astrology) (ปี~, ~ศก) Year of the Tiger, the third year in the cycle of twelve years under the lunar calendar.

Synonyms

  • ปีเสือ
  • พยัคฆสังวัจฉระ
  • ยี่ (yîi)
  • วยัคฆสังวัจฉระ
  • วยาฆรสมพัตสร
  • ศารทูลสมพัตสร
  • สัททูลสังวัจฉระ

Proper noun

ขาล • (kǎan)

  1. (astrology) Tiger, one of the twelve zodiac signs under the lunar calendar.

See also

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