แกง

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแกง
æ k ŋ
RomanizationPaiboongɛɛng
Royal Institutekaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/kɛːŋ˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kɛːŋᴬ² (soup; broth), from Middle Chinese (MC kaeng, “thick soup”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩯ᩠ᨦ, Khün ᨠᩯ᩠ᨦ, Lao ແກງ (kǣng), ᦶᦂᧂ (k̇aeng), Shan ၵႅင် (kěng), Tai Nüa ᥐᥦᥒ (kaeng), Saek เก๋ง, Yong ᨠᩯ᩠ᨦ.

Noun

แกง • (gɛɛng)

  1. curry; soup; stew.

Verb

แกง • (gɛɛng) (abstract noun การแกง)

  1. to make or make as or into a curry, soup, or stew.
  2. (often in combination) to kill; to slay.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Corrupted from แกล้ง (glɛ̂ɛng) which is influenced by ต้ม (dtôm, to boil; to trick).

Verb

แกง • (gɛɛng) (abstract noun การแกง)

  1. (colloquial, originally LGBTQ slang) to subject to public outrage or humiliation.
  2. (colloquial) to trick; to deceive; to sham.

Etymology 3

Noun

แกง • (gɛɛng) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (dialect) (แมง~) stink bug: any of the insects of the family Pentatomidae.