ตะแลงแกง

Thai

Alternative forms
  • (obsolete) ตระแลงแกง

Etymology

From Old Khmer tralēṅa kēṅa (“four-sided; four-faced”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ត្រឡែងកែង (trɑlaeng kaeng, “four-sided, four-face; intersection, crossroads, confluence (of rivers); four-sided structure”).

The last sense was from the fact that the execution of criminals was traditionally held at a crossroads.

Pronunciation
Orthographicตะแลงแกง
t a æ l ŋ æ k ŋ
Phonemic
ตะ-แลง-แกง
t a – æ l ŋ – æ k ŋ
RomanizationPaiboondtà-lɛɛng-gɛɛng
Royal Instituteta-laeng-kaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/ta˨˩.lɛːŋ˧.kɛːŋ˧/(R)

Noun

ตะแลงแกง • (dtà-lɛɛng-gɛɛng)

  1. (archaic) cross: two intersecting lines.
  2. (archaic) crossroads: four-way intersection.
  3. (archaic) execution place; execution ground.
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