ปัด

From Proto-Tai *pacᴰ (“to dust off”). Cognate with Lao ປັດ (pat), Zhuang baet.

ปัด • (bpàt) (abstract noun การปัด)

1. to remove by or as if by fanning, wiping, sweeping, brushing, or the like.
2. (of an evil, evil spirit, bad luck, etc) to remove; to dispel; to expel; to exorcise.
3. (cosmetics) to brush (into shape, with a cosmetic brush, etc).
4. (slang) to deny; to refuse; to reject.
5. to slant; to slope.
6. to skim: to pass lightly over or near a surface.
7. (mathematics) to round; to round off.

Compare Zhuang baed (“pupil (of the eye)”).

• (obsolete) ปัทม์

ปัด • (bpàt)

1. glass bead.