กำแพง

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Angkorian Old Khmer កំវេង៑ (kaṃveṅ), from *ខ្វេង៑ (*khveṅ) (whence Thai แขวง (kwɛ̌ɛng)). Cognate with Lao ກຳແພງ (kam phǣng), Khmer កំផែង (kɑmphaeng) or កំពែង (kɑmpɛɛng), ᦂᧄᧈ ᦶᦗᧂ (k̇am¹ paeng).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกำแพง
k å æ b ŋ
Phonemic
กำ-แพง
k å – æ b ŋ
RomanizationPaiboongam-pɛɛng
Royal Institutekam-phaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/kam˧.pʰɛːŋ˧/(R)

Noun

กำแพง • (gam-pɛɛng)

  1. wall

Derived terms

  • กำแพงแก้ว
  • กำแพงเพชร (gam-pɛɛng-pét)
  • กำแพงภาษี
  • กำแพงมีหูประตูมีช่อง
  • กำแพงมีหูประตูมีตา

Proper noun

กำแพง • (gam-pɛɛng)

  1. (colloquial) clipping of กำแพงเพชร (gam-pɛɛng-pét): Kamphaeng Phet (a province of Thailand)

Further reading

  • กำแพง” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.