แท้ง

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Thai

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Etymology

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Possibly changed from ท้อง (tɔ́ɔng, to be pregnant).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicแท้ง
æ d ˆ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboontɛ́ɛng
Royal Institutethaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰɛːŋ˦˥/(R)

Verb

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แท้ง (tɛ́ɛng) (abstract noun การแท้ง)

  1. to experience the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable: to abort, to miscarry, etc.
  2. (slang) to go or come to naught; to result in nothing; to give no result; to take no effect; to be or become void or invalid.

Derived terms

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