วัตถุ

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali vatthu (article; item). Cognate with Lao ວັດຖຸ (wat thu), Burmese ဝတ္ထု (wathtu.).

Pronunciation

Orthographicวัตถุ
w ạ t tʰ u
Phonemic
วัด-ถุ
w ạ ɗ – tʰ u
RomanizationPaiboonwát-tù
Royal Institutewat-thu
(standard) IPA(key)/wat̚˦˥.tʰuʔ˨˩/(R)

Noun

วัตถุ • (wát-tù) (classifier อัน)

  1. object; stuff

Derived terms

Further reading

  • วัตถุ” 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.