Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedbuildinglexitron
houselexitron
building or structure, especially one roofed or canopiedwiktionary
hallwiktionary
residential hall; residential buildingwiktionary
throne hall; royal hallwiktionary
performance hall; stagewiktionary
court; tribunal(in-compounds)wiktionary
clipping of โรงภาพยนตร์ (roong-pâap-pá-yon, “cinema; theatre”)(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang)wiktionary
Classifier for the above-mentioned nounswiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesที่โรงเรียน มีโรงอาหารใหญ่
At school, there's a big canteen.
มีทั้งโรงไฟฟ้าและโรงงานเคมี
There are power plants and chemical factories.
อุทัยธานีเล็ก โรงเรียนเล็กๆ
Uthai Thani was small, school was small, everything was quiet.
Built from
Perhaps derived from Malay ruang. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩰᩫ᩠ᨦ, Lao ໂຮງ (hōng), Lü ᦷᦣᧂ (hong), Shan ႁူင်း (húung). Compare Khmer រោង (roong), Mon ရိုၚ်, Burmese ရုံ (rum). See the entry below, ultimately of the same origin as Etymology 1.