{
 "id": "chaeng",
 "type": "word",
 "names": {
  "name": "แจ่ง chaeng",
  "th": "แจ่ง",
  "rtgs": "chaeng"
 },
 "region": [
  "lanna"
 ],
 "etymology": {
  "root": "แจ่ง chaeng — Kam Mueang for a corner or angle; standard Thai mum. The four corners of the moat are the four chaeng, each with its own name.",
  "tier": "tradition"
 },
 "text": {
  "what": "The word for the four corners of the moat. A songthaew driver navigates the square by its chaeng, not by street names, and so does this site."
 },
 "text_th": {
  "what": "คำสำหรับสี่มุมคูเมือง คนขับรถแดงบอกทางในเวียงด้วยแจ่ง บ่ใช่ชื่อถนน เว็บนี้ก็เหมือนกัน"
 },
 "word": {
  "th": "แจ่ง",
  "rtgs": "chaeng",
  "ipa": "/tɕɛ̀ŋ/",
  "standard": "มุม · ป้อมมุมกำแพง",
  "standard_rtgs": "mum · pom",
  "gloss": "a corner; the bastion at a corner of the city wall",
  "gloss_th": "มุม ป้อมมุมเวียง",
  "example": "แจ่งศรีภูมิ",
  "example_gloss": "Chaeng Si Phum — the northeast corner"
 },
 "kin": [
  {
   "to": "si-phum-corner",
   "as": "One of the four.",
   "rel": "gate"
  },
  {
   "to": "katam-corner",
   "as": "One of the four.",
   "rel": "gate"
  }
 ],
 "tags": [
  "lanna"
 ],
 "sources": [
  "s:moradok-lanna-dict",
  "s:wp-northern-thai"
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "default": {
   "tier": "tradition",
   "source": "s:moradok-lanna-dict"
  },
  "fields": {
   "text_th": {
    "tier": "inference",
    "note": "written in Thai by this project, in the northern register where it fits; not machine-translated"
   }
  }
 },
 "confidence": "medium",
 "schema": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-21",
 "images": [
  {
   "file": "chaeng/chaeng-201703291049e-chiang-mai-city-moat.jpg",
   "source": "commons",
   "title": "File:201703291049e Chiang Mai, City Moat.jpg",
   "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/201703291049e_Chiang_Mai%2C_City_Moat.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original",
   "page_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A201703291049e_Chiang_Mai%2C_City_Moat.jpg",
   "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
   "author": "Hartmann Linge",
   "credit": "Own work",
   "alt": "Flower at the city moat of Chiang Mai between Katam Corner and Chiang Mai Gate",
   "date": "2017-03-29 10:49:24",
   "primary": true,
   "sha256": "a957418fdcfd87d9a95b56de85d0e6e67fad50b33b765f5d523ec73d76e05782"
  }
 ],
 "kin_in": [
  {
   "from": "hua-lin-corner",
   "type": "gate",
   "name": "Hua Lin Corner",
   "as": "The word."
  },
  {
   "from": "katam-corner",
   "type": "gate",
   "name": "Katam Corner",
   "as": "The word."
  },
  {
   "from": "ku-hueang-corner",
   "type": "gate",
   "name": "Ku Hueang Corner",
   "as": "The word."
  },
  {
   "from": "si-phum-corner",
   "type": "gate",
   "name": "Si Phum Corner",
   "as": "The word."
  }
 ]
}