จ่าฝูง

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Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From จ่า (jàa, chief; lord; master) +‎ ฝูง (fǔung, group, especially of animals).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicจ่าฝูง
t͡ɕ ˋ ā v ū ŋ
Phonemic
จ่า-ฝูง
t͡ɕ ˋ ā – v ū ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonjàa-fǔung
Royal Institutecha-fung
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕaː˨˩.fuːŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun[edit]

จ่าฝูง (jàa-fǔung)

  1. (zoology) chief animal, such as the wolf that leads a pack of wolves or the elephant that heads a troop of elephants.
  2. (slang, sports) champion.