Where does “เถรตรง” come from?

เถรตรง (Thai) comes from Thai ตรง, from Old Khmer ត្រង — to be straight, direct, or upright.

เถรตรง (Thai): candid, blunt, too straightforward, too honest; unrigid, unyielding, inflexible, stiff

Definitions

  1. candid, blunt, too straightforward, too honest; unrigid, unyielding, inflexible, stiff

Ancestry of “เถรตรง”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตรงstraight; not bent; honest; at
2Old Khmerត្រងto be straight, direct, or upright

Words derived from “เถรตรง”

Every word from Old Khmer ត្រង →Every word from Thai ตรง →