ทูล

Thai

Alternative forms

ทำนูล (tam-nuul)

Etymology

From Old Khmer *dūl, *dul, dval, dvall, dvāl (“to address (clergy or royalty); to carry or wear on the head; head; top; eminence, majesty; head-shaped formation, as dome, hill, hillock, bulge, swelling, etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ទួល (tuəl), ទូល (tuul).

Extended as Old Khmer pandūl, pandul, paṃdul, pandval, from which Thai บัณฑูร (ban-tuun) was derived. Also extended as Thai ทำนูล (tam-nuul).

Compare Old Mon tūl, tul (“above; on”); Middle Mon duiw (“hill; hilltop”); Burmese တောင် (taung, “hill; mountain”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ทูล d ū l
Phonemic		ทูน d ū n
Romanization	Paiboon	tuun
	Royal Institute	thun
(standard) IPA^(key)		/tʰuːn˧/^(R)
Homophones edit		ทูน

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Verb

ทูล • (tuun) (abstract noun การทูล)

(royal) to address, inform, tell, or speak to (a god, high priest, or royal person).
(archaic) to carry (with or on the head).

Usage notes

As for the second sense, the term is now replaced by ทูน (tuun), but it still remains in a number of compounds, as ทูลกระหม่อม (tuun-grà-mɔ̀m), ทูลเกล้าทูลกระหม่อม, ทูลละอองธุลีพระบาท, ทูลละอองธุลีพระบาท, etc.

Derived terms

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