ผ้า

See also: ผา and ผ่า

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *pʰaːꟲ¹, from Old Chinese (OC *paːs, “cloth”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨹ᩶ᩣ, Lao ຜ້າ (phā), ᦕᦱᧉ (ṗhaa²), Tai Dam ꪠ꫁ꪱ, Shan ၽႃႈ (phāa), Tai Nüa ᥚᥣᥲ (phàa), Khamti ၸ︀ႃႛ, Aiton ၸ︀ႃ (phā), Phake ၸ︀ႃ (phā), Ahom 𑜇𑜠 (pha), 𑜇𑜡 (phā), 𑜇𑜨𑜠 (phoa), or 𑜇𑜨𑜡 (phoā).

Pronunciation

Orthographicผ้า
pʰ ˆ ā
Phonemic
พ่า
b ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonpâa
Royal Institutepha
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰaː˥˩/(R)
Homophonesพ่าห์

Noun

ผ้า • (pâa) (classifier ผืน)

  1. cloth

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Khmer: ផា (phaa)

Further reading

  • ผ้า” 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.