ฝัก

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *q.wakᴰ (sheath; pod).[1]

Cognate with Lao ຝັກ (fak), Northern Thai ᨺᩢ᩠ᨠ, Khün ᨺᩢ᩠ᨠ, ᦚᧅ (ḟak), Tai Dam ꪠꪰꪀ, Tai Dón ꪠꪰꪀ, Shan ၽၵ်း (phák) or ၾၵ်း (fák), Zhuang faek.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicฝัก
f ạ k
RomanizationPaiboonfàk
Royal Institutefak
(standard) IPA(key)/fak̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

ฝัก • (fàk)

  1. sheath; pod; case; scabbard.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 331