รัง

See also: รุ้ง

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • ra (Latin script)
  • 𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • र (Devanagari script)
  • র (Bengali script)
  • ර (Sinhalese script)
  • ရ (Burmese script)
  • ร or ระ (Thai script)
  • ᩁ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຣ or ຣະ (Lao script)
  • រ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

รัง

  1. Thai script form of raṃ, accusative singular of ระ (ra, “the Pali letter 'r'”)

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicรัง
r ạ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonrang
Royal Instituterang
(standard) IPA(key)/raŋ˧/(R)
Homophonesรังค์

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

รัง • (rang)

  1. a kind of timber tree

Etymology 2

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *raŋᴬ² (“nest”). Cognate with Isan ฮัง, Lao ຮັງ (hang), Northern Thai ᩁᩢ᩠ᨦ, Khün ᩁᩢ᩠ᨦ or ᩌᩢᨦ, Lü ᦣᧂ (hang), Tai Dam ꪭꪰꪉ (ꞌhắng) or ꪭꪱꪉ (ꞌháng), Shan ႁင်း (háng), Tai Nüa ᥞᥒᥰ (häng), Ahom 𑜍𑜂𑜫 (raṅ). Compare Tày rằng.

Noun

รัง • (rang)

  1. nest
Derived terms

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

รัง • (rang)

  1. only for, only, for, only to
Derived terms
  • รังแต่

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Apparently a euphonic rhyming element.”)

Adjective

รัง • (rang) (abstract noun ความรัง)

  1. used in เรื้อรัง (rʉ́ʉa-rang, “chronic”)
  2. used in รุงรัง (rung-rang, “messy”)
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “รัง” 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.
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