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พ่อ

pɔ̂ɔnountonefalling tonefalling
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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

father; dad; daddy; papa; male parent; father-in-law; person regarded as a male parentcurated

2n.

male parent of an animalwiktionary

3n.

used as a term of address or title for a male parent, father-in-law, or person regarded as a male parent, and by such a person to refer to himselfwiktionary

4n.

male head, lord, leader, or master; man in charge or authoritywiktionary

5n.

used with คุณ as a respectful term of address or title for a male priestwiktionary

6n.

used as a familiar or affectionate term of address or title for a young or younger manwiktionary

7n.

used as a term of address or title for any manwiktionary

8n.

used as a modifier to indicate masculinitywiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

Built from

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨻᩬᩴ᩵, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Tai Nüa ᥙᥨᥝ (pow), Aiton ပ︀ေ︀ႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜨𑜦𑜡 (pwō), Zhuang boh, Bouyei boh, Saek ผ้อ. Compare Middle Chinese 父 (MC pjuX|bjuX, “father”), Old Chinese 父 (OC *paʔ, *baʔ, “father”).