พารา

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Thai[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicพารา
b ā r ā
Phonemic
พา-รา
b ā – r ā
RomanizationPaiboonpaa-raa
Royal Institutepha-ra
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰaː˧.raː˧/(R)
Homophonesภารา

Etymology 1[edit]

Probably shortened from พาราณสี (“Varanasi”).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

พารา • (paa-raa)

  1. (poetic) city; town.

Etymology 2[edit]

Learned borrowing from Portuguese Pará (“a state in the North Region of Brazil”), which is the origin of this tree.

Noun[edit]

พารา • (paa-raa)

  1. (ยาง~) (botany) a kind of rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis.

Etymology 3[edit]

Shortened from พาราเซตามอล (paa-raa-see-dtaa-mɔ̂n, “paracetamol”).

Noun[edit]

พารา • (paa-raa)

  1. (ยา~) (pharmacology) paracetamol.
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