Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedfather; dad; daddy; papa; male parent; father-in-law; person regarded as a male parentcurated
male parent of an animalwiktionary
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
male head, lord, leader, or master; man in charge or authoritywiktionary
used with คุณ as a respectful term of address or title for a male priestwiktionary
used as a familiar or affectionate term of address or title for a young or younger manwiktionary
used as a term of address or title for any manwiktionary
used as a modifier to indicate masculinitywiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesพ่อกับแม่ของฉันทำนา
My dad and mom farm rice.
ที่ครอบครัวก็เป็นคริสเตียนหมด แม่ พ่อ น้อง
My family is all Christian — Mom, Dad, my younger sibling.
พ่อของฉันมองขึ้นไปนาน ๆ
My father stood looking up for a long time.
ตอนเย็น พ่อ แม่ ฉัน และน้อง
In the evening — Dad, Mom, my sister, and I.
พ่อของฉันไม่ค่อยพอใจ
My father isn't very happy about it.
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”).