จรวด

Thai

Alternative forms

กรวด (grùuat)
ตรวด (dtrùuat)

Etymology

From Old Khmer crūca (“to eject, to shoot, to splash; pointed, sharp; etc”) or from contraction of Old Khmer kāma crūca (“fireworks; flare; rocket”). Compare Modern Khmer ច្រួច (cruəc), Khmer កញ្ជ្រួច (kɑñcruəc), កាំជ្រួច (kamcruəc); Lao ຈະຫຼວດ (cha lūat).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		จรวด t͡ɕ r w ɗ
Phonemic		จะ-หฺรวด t͡ɕ a – h ̥ r w ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	jà-rùuat
	Royal Institute	cha-ruat
(standard) IPA^(key)		/t͡ɕa˨˩.rua̯t̚˨˩/

Noun

จรวด • (jà-rùuat)

a type of fireworks in the form of gunpowder packed in giant cane pipes, lighted at the long fuses and thrown up in the air.
rocket; missile.

Derived terms

จรวดนำวิถี

Adjective

จรวด • (jà-rùuat) (abstract noun ความจรวด)

(poetic) high and steep; sharply sloping; precipitous.

Derived terms

จรวดจรี
จรวดไจร