กระเชอ

Thai

Alternative forms

  • กันเชอ, กรรเชอ — archaic, obsolete or dated

Etymology

Possibly from corruption of Thai กรรเชอ, from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer kañje (“large woven basket”), thus cognate with Modern Khmer កញ្ជើ (kɑñcəə).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกระเชอ
k r a e d͡ʑ ɒ
Phonemic
กฺระ-เชอ
k ̥ r a – e d͡ʑ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboongrà-chəə
Royal Institutekra-choe
(standard) IPA(key)/kra˨˩.t͡ɕʰɤː˧/(R)

Noun

กระเชอ • (grà-chəə)

  1. krachoe, a type of widemouthed woven basket, often with no handle.
  2. (archaic) a unit of volume, equivalent to the amount this basket would hold. The standardised unit corresponds to 5 litres.

Derived terms

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