ดอก

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Isan

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Etymology

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Cognate with Lao ດອກ (dǭk), Thai หรอก (rɔ̀k).

Particle

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ดอก (transliteration needed)

  1. used to soften a negative statement

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicดอก
ɗ ɒ k
RomanizationPaiboondɔ̀ɔk
Royal Institutedok
(standard) IPA(key)/dɔːk̚˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *ɓloːkᴰ (flower). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨯᩬᨠ, Lao ດອກ (dǭk), ᦡᦸᧅᧈ (ḋoak¹), Tai Dam ꪚꪮꪀ, ꪒꪮꪀ, Shan မွၵ်ႇ (màuk), ဝွၵ်ႇ (wàuk), Tai Nüa ᥛᥩᥐᥱ (mǒak), Phake မွက် (mok), Ahom 𑜉𑜨𑜀𑜫 (mok), 𑜈𑜨𑜀𑜫 (bok), Nong Zhuang ndog, Tày bjoóc. Doublet of กระบอก (grà-bɔ̀ɔk) and ตระบอก, both “flower”.

Noun

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ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (botany) flower.
  2. used as a title for flowers.
  3. thing that comes, grows, accrues, arises, or develops from or out of another thing.
  4. speck, speckle, spot, dot; circle, orb.
Derived terms
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Classifier

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ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. Classifier for flowers.all nouns using this classifier
  2. Classifier for darts, arrows, or the like.all nouns using this classifier
  3. (slang, humorous) Classifier for rounds, courses, or spells, as rounds of sexual intercourse, rounds of entertaining performance, rounds of joke-telling, etc.all nouns using this classifier

Etymology 2

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Clipping of ดอกเบี้ย (dɔ̀ɔk-bîia), from ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk, flower) +‎ เบี้ย (bîia, money). Compare to Malay bunga (interest, literally flower).

Noun

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ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (colloquial, finance) interest.

Etymology 3

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Clipping of ดอกทอง (dɔ̀ɔk-tɔɔng), from ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk, flower) +‎ ทอง (tɔɔng, gold; golden).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (slang, vulgar, derogatory, offensive, originally LGBT term) (อี~) lewd woman, sexually promiscuous woman, or woman who behaves in an overtly sexual way: slut, bitch, tart, etc.

Interjection

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ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (slang, vulgar, sometimes derogatory and offensive, originally LGBT term) (อี~) an exclamation of surprise, joy, contempt, disgust, dismay, rejection, disapproval, discontent, or anger.

Etymology 4

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Particle

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ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (somewhat archaic) used at the end of a negative expression for emphasising.
Synonyms
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Etymology 5

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Verb

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ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (archaic) to tease, to kid; to mock, to ridicule; to fool, to dupe; to deceive.