ตำรวจ • (dtam-rùuat)
From Old Khmer tamrvac, tamrvāc, taṃrvac, taṃrvāc, taṃmrvac, taṃmrvāc (“inspection, regulation; inspector, regulator; etc”), extended forms of Old Khmer trvac, trvāc (“to examine; to inspect; etc”), from which Thai ตรวจ (dtrùuat) was derived. Compare Modern Khmer តម្រួត (tâmruŏt); Lao ຕໍາຫຼວດ (tam lūat).