วัง

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicวัง
wŋ
RomanizationPaiboonwang
Royal Institutewang
(standard) IPA(key)/waŋ˧/
Homophonesวังก์

Etymology 1

From Old Khmer vaṅ, vāṅ, vāṅṅ (enclosure; citadel, fort, fortress, stronghold; palace; to encircle, to enclose, to surround; to bar, to block; to screen, to shield; etc). Cognate with Lao ວັງ (wang), probably Thai วง (wong) and เวียง (wiiang). Compare Modern Khmer វាំង (vĕəng), ពាំង (pĕəng).

Noun

วัง (wang)

  1. (of animals) circle; community; enclosure.
  2. (พระบรมมหาราช, พระบรมราช, พระราช, ราช~) royal residence; palace.
  3. (government and historical) one of the four chief ministries, responsible for palace affairs. The other three were เวียง (wiiang), คลัง (klang), and นา (naa).
  4. (colloquial) large and stately or luxurious building.

Verb

วัง (wang)

  1. (archaic) to encircle; to enclose; to surround.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ວັງ (wang), Shan ဝင်း (wáng). Compare Middle Chinese (MC ʔwɑŋ, “deep pool”).

Noun

วัง (wang)

  1. deep pool.
  2. whirlpool.
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