{
 "id": "thang",
 "type": "word",
 "names": {
  "name": "ทาง thang",
  "th": "ทาง",
  "rtgs": "thang"
 },
 "region": [
  "lanna"
 ],
 "etymology": {
  "root": "ทาง thang — Tai root. Thang luang, the royal way, is a national highway; thang lot, the way under, is an underpass; thang khuen doi, the way up the mountain.",
  "tier": "tradition"
 },
 "text": {
  "what": "The general word for a way, which the highway department uses for everything it builds: thang luang for a national highway, thang lot for an underpass, thang yok radap for an elevated road."
 },
 "text_th": {
  "what": "คำทั่วไปสำหรับทาง ซึ่งกรมทางหลวงใช้เรียกทุกอย่างที่สร้าง ทางหลวง ทางลอด ทางยกระดับ"
 },
 "word": {
  "th": "ทาง",
  "rtgs": "thang",
  "ipa": "/tʰaːŋ/",
  "standard": "ทาง",
  "standard_rtgs": "thang",
  "gloss": "way, path, direction; in compounds, a road of a certain kind",
  "gloss_th": "ทาง ทิศทาง",
  "example": "ทางลอด",
  "example_gloss": "thang lot — an underpass"
 },
 "kin": [
  {
   "to": "thanon",
   "as": "The other word.",
   "rel": "word"
  },
  {
   "to": "khuang-sing-underpass",
   "as": "A thang lot.",
   "rel": "junction"
  }
 ],
 "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",
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   "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
   "author": "CEphoto, Uwe Aranas",
   "credit": "Own work",
   "alt": "Chiang Mai, Thailand: Railway water tank of Chiang Mai Railway Station",
   "date": "2017-04-17",
   "primary": true,
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   "alt": "Traffic signs in Thailand: Working site (Photo taken at Chiang Mai University)",
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   "file": "thang/thang-pearl-of-asia-1892-p-339.jpg",
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   "title": "File:Pearl of Asia (1892, p 339).jpg",
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   "license": "Public domain",
   "license_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain",
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   "credit": "This image has been extracted from another file",
   "alt": "* Original caption: Native bullock carts & ox yokes.\nUploader's caption: Ra-thae (Thai: ระแทะ), a traditional vehicle of Thailand.",
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   "file": "thang/thang-phap-mueang-thai-1943-p-028.jpg",
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   "credit": "This image has been extracted from another file",
   "alt": "This picture is described as follows:\nOriginal caption: \"The use of elephants as vehicles for conveyance of military supplies and weaponry.\"",
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   "name": "ถนน thanon",
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  }
 ]
}