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), Lü ᦂᧄᧈ ᦶᦗᧂ (k̇am¹ paeng).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | กำแพง k å æ b ŋ | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | กำ-แพง k å – æ b ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | gam-pɛɛng |
| Royal Institute | kam-phaeng | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kam˧.pʰɛːŋ˧/(R) | |
Noun
กำแพง • (gam-pɛɛng)
Derived terms
- กำแพงแก้ว
- กำแพงเพชร (gam-pɛɛng-pét)
- กำแพงภาษี
- กำแพงมีหูประตูมีช่อง
- กำแพงมีหูประตูมีตา
Proper noun
กำแพง • (gam-pɛɛng)
- (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.