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เด็ก

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

child; young person; person below the age of adulthoodcurated

2n.

baby; infantcurated

3adj.

youngwiktionary

4adj.

childishwiktionary

5adj.

inexperienced; untrained; unskillfulwiktionary

6n.

childish personwiktionary

7n.

child student; child attending an educational institutionwiktionary

8n.

subordinate; servant; attendantwiktionary

Less common senses (1)
9n.

person financially maintained by another as that person's sexual partner or illicit loverwiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

ตอนเด็ก ๆ ผมไม่เข้าใจว่าทำไมต้องทำ

As a child, I didn't understand why we had to do it.

Pauen · หนองบัวลำภูfrom สารทเดือนสิบ →

เด็ก ๆ ลูกของแรงงานเรียนหนังสือที่นี่

The children of the workers go to school here.

Koko · เลยfrom คนสองฝั่ง →

Built from

From Proto-Tai *ɗekᴰ (“child (young person)”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨯᩮᩢ᩠ᨠ, Lao ເດັກ (dek), Saek แด๊ก, Zhuang daeg. Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq.