Dictionary entry
โรง
building
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.
Mild · นครราชสีมาfrom อาหารเช้าที่โรงเรียน →
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.