ครัว

Nyah Kur

Etymology

Compare Khmer គ្រួ (kruə).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰrua/

Verb

ครัว (khrua)

  1. family.
  2. household.

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Khmer គ្រូ (grū), គ្រូវ (grūva), គ្រួ (grw, kitchen; family). Cognate with Modern Khmer គ្រួ (kruə).

Pronunciation

Orthographicครัว
g r ạ w
Phonemic
คฺรัว
g ̥ r ạ w
RomanizationPaiboonkruua
Royal Institutekhrua
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰrua̯˧/(R)

Noun

ครัว • (kruua)

  1. kitchen.
  2. (archaic) family including its servants.
  3. (archaic) the body of inhabitants of a place.
  4. (now dialect) belongings; goods; possessions; things.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ครัว” 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.