ผลึก

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali phalika, phalikā (crystal; quartz); compare Sanskrit स्फटिक (sphaṭika, crystal; quartz). Cognate with Lao ຜະລຶກ (pha lưk), ຜະລິກະ (pha li ka), Khmer ផលិក (phɑlək), Chinese 玻璃 (bōli, “glass”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicผลึก
pʰ l ụ k
Phonemic
ผะ-หฺลึก
pʰ a – h ̥ l ụ k
RomanizationPaiboonpà-lʉ̀k
Royal Institutepha-luek
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰa˨˩.lɯk̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

ผลึก • (pà-lʉ̀k)

  1. crystal.

Derived terms