ครอบ

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Khmer ករប៑ (karap), គរោប៑ (garop), °គរោប (°garopa), គរៅប៑ (garaup, cover). Cognate with Modern Khmer គ្រប (krɔɔp).

Pronunciation

Orthographicครอบ
g r ɒ ɓ
Phonemic
คฺรอบ
g ̥ r ɒ ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonkrɔ̂ɔp
Royal Institutekhrop
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰrɔːp̚˥˩/(R)

Verb

ครอบ • (krɔ̂ɔp) (abstract noun การครอบ)

  1. to cover
  2. to cover up
  3. to teach, certify
  4. to overpower, dominate, take control of

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ครอบ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.