แป้ง

Thai

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 餅 (MC pjiengX). Cognate with Lao ແປ້ງ (pǣng).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแป้ง
æ p ˆ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonbpɛ̂ɛng
Royal Institutepaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/pɛːŋ˥˩/(R)

Noun

แป้ง • (bpɛ̂ɛng)

  1. meal (coarse-ground edible part of various grains).
  2. flour; powder; starch.
  3. talcum powder; talc.
  4. rouge.
  5. (colloquial) white powdered drug such as cocaine and heroin.

Derived terms

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