โทษ

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa, “defect; demerit; fault; flaw; mistake; offence; wrong”); perhaps via Old Khmer doṣa. Cognate with Modern Khmer ទោស (tooh). Compare Pali dosa (“defect; demerit; fault; flaw; mistake; offence; wrong”), from which Thai โทส (tôot) was derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		โทษ o d ʂ
Phonemic		โทด o d ɗ	[bound form] โทด-สะ- o d ɗ – s a –
Romanization	Paiboon	tôot	tôot-sà-
	Royal Institute	thot	thot-sa-
(standard) IPA^(key)		/tʰoːt̚˥˩/	/tʰoːt̚˥˩.sa˨˩./

Noun

โทษ • (tôot)

(classifiers: ฐาน (tǎan), สถาน (sà-tǎan)) punishment; penalty.
(classifiers: ฐาน (tǎan), สถาน (sà-tǎan)) crime; fault; mistake; offence; wrong; wrongfulness.
blame.
bad point; weak point; flaw; defect; demerit; disadvantage.
harm; danger.

Derived terms

ขอโทษ (kɔ̌ɔ-tôot)
นักโทษ (nák-tôot)

Verb

โทษ • (tôot) (abstract noun การโทษ)

to blame; to accuse.