อ่าว

Thai

Etymology

Compare Middle Chinese 澳 (MC 'awH|'juwk, “inlet, bay”), Khmer អាវ (ʼaaw), Burmese အော် (au), Mon ဩ. Cognate with Lao ອ່າວ (ʼāo).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		อ่าว ɒ ˋ ā w
Romanization	Paiboon	àao
	Royal Institute	ao
(standard) IPA(key)		/ʔaːw˨˩/(R)

Noun

อ่าว • (àao)

1. bay, gulf.