ทักษิโณทก

Thai
Prince Vessantara (middle) pours down water while declaring his intention to donate his own wife (right) to a priest (left)

Etymology

From Sanskrit दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā, “donation”) + उदक (udaka, “water”). Cognate with Khmer ទក្សិណោទក (tôksĕnaôtkâ).

Pronunciation
Orthographicทักษิโณทก
d ạ k ʂ i o ɳ d k
Phonemic
ทัก-สิ-โน-ทก
d ạ k – s i – o n – d k
RomanizationPaiboonták-sì-noo-tók
Royal Institutethak-si-no-thok
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰak̚˦˥.si˨˩.noː˧.tʰok̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

ทักษิโณทก • (ták-sì-noo-tók)

  1. water poured out during a solemn declaration of gift so as to confirm the declaration.
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