ต้องหา

Thai

Etymology

Compound of ต้อง (dtɔ̂ng, to be subject to) +‎ หา (hǎa, accusation).

Pronunciation

Orthographicต้องหา
t ˆ ɒ ŋ h ā
Phonemic
{Unorthographical; Short}
ต็้อง-หา
t ˘ ˆ ɒ ŋ – h ā
RomanizationPaiboondtɔ̂ng-hǎa
Royal Institutetong-ha
(standard) IPA(key)/tɔŋ˥˩.haː˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

ต้องหา • (dtɔ̂ng-hǎa)

  1. (law, intransitive) to be accused of a criminal offence; to be alleged to have committed a crime
  2. (literally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ต้อง (dtɔ̂ng),‎ หา (hǎa).

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ต้องหา” 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.