นพคุณ

Thai

Alternative forms

  • นวคุณ

Etymology

Compound of นพ (nóp, “nine; ninefold”) +‎ คุณ (kun, “virtue; merit”)

Pronunciation

Orthographicนพคุณ
n b g u ɳ
Phonemic
นบ-พะ-คุน
n ɓ – b a – g u n
RomanizationPaiboonnóp-pá-kun
Royal Institutenop-pha-khun
(standard) IPA(key)/nop̚˦˥.pʰa˦˥.kʰun˧/(R)

Noun

นพคุณ • (nóp-pá-kun)

  1. pure gold
    Synonym: ทองเนื้อเก้า

Usage notes

  • Gold quality is traditionally measured with the unit called bat (บาท). The quality of pure gold is nine bat.[1]

References

  1. ^ ““ทองบางสะพาน” vs “ทองเนื้อเก้า” และ “ทองบางสะพาน” ในวรรณคดีไทย”, in silpa-mag.com‎[1] (in Thai), 19 January 2017
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