ฟัก

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicฟัก
v ạ k
RomanizationPaiboonfák
Royal Institutefak
(standard) IPA(key)/fak̚˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *wakᴰ (“to incubate”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ຟັກ (fak), Zhuang faeg.

Verb

ฟัก • (fák) (abstract noun การฟัก)

  1. to hatch; to brood; to incubate
Derived terms
  • ฟักไข่
  • ฟักตัว

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *wakᴰ (“ash gourd”).[2]

Cognate with Lao ຟັກ (fak), Zhuang faeg in lwgfaeg (“wax gourd”) or gaeucwxfaeg (“kind of gourd”).

Noun

ฟัก • (fák)

  1. gourd; squash
  2. balsam apple
Derived terms

Proper noun

ฟัก • (fák)

  1. a male given name; a male nickname

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 350
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 332

Further reading

  • “ฟัก” 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.
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