มะโรง

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer roṅ or roṅa, "dragon (zodiac)". Compare Angkorian Old Khmer roṅ; Modern Khmer រោង (roong). The first syllable, , is interpolated.

Also compare Chinese (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ, “dragon”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicมะโรง
maorŋ
Phonemicมะ-โรง
maorŋ
RomanizationPaiboonmá-roong
Royal Institutema-rong
(standard) IPA(key)/ma˦˥.roːŋ˧/

Noun

มะโรง (má-roong)

  1. (astrology) (ปี~) year of the Dragon, the fifth year under the twelve-year lunar cycle.

Synonyms

Proper noun

มะโรง (má-roong)

  1. (astrology) the Dragon, one of the twelve lunar zodiac signs.

Derived terms

See also

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