มด

See also: มัด, มีด, and มืด

Thai

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicมด
m ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonmót
Royal Institutemot
(standard) IPA(key)/mot̚˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1

from Old Chinese 巫 (OC *ma).[1] Cognate with Lao ມົດ (mot, “witch”), Zhuang moed (“shaman”)[2], Lü ᦷᦙᧆ (mod, “wizard”) .Compared Khmer មត់ (mŭət, “to have a secret understanding”)

Noun

มด • (mót)

  1. person of occult knowledge; person who practices magic or sorcery.
Derived terms
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Adjective

มด • (mót)

  1. undefined, found in a number of compounds.
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Etymology 3

From Proto-Tai *mɤcᴰ (“ant”). Cognate with Lao ມົດ (mot), Northern Thai ᨾᩫ᩠ᨯ, Khün ᨾᩫ᩠ᨯ, Lü ᦷᦙᧆ (mod), Shan မူတ်ႉ (mṵ̂ut), Tai Dam ꪶꪣꪒ, Ahom 𑜉𑜤𑜄𑜫 (mut), Bouyei mod, Zhuang moed. Compare Proto-Be *muːʔᴰ², Proto-Hlai *hmuc.

Noun

มด • (mót) (classifier ตัว)

  1. ant.
  1. Cheah Yanchong. "More Thoughts on the Ancient Culture of the Tai People:The Impact of the Hua Xia Culture", in Journal ofThe Siam Society Vol. 84, Part 1 (1996). Retrieved from
  2. Kao Ya-Ning (2011). "Crossing the Seas: Tai Shamanic Chanting and its Cosmology", in SHAMAN, Volume 19 Numbers 1 & 2 (Spring /Autumn 2011). Retrieved from
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