บุหรี่
Thai
Etymology
Probably from Persian بوری (būrī, “hunting horn; point (of a nail)”) as Persia was the first nation which imported tobacco to Siam and the old cigarette was wrapped with leaves in pointed shape.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | บุหรี่ ɓ u h r ī ˋ | ||
| Phonemic | บุ-หฺรี่ ɓ u – h ̥ r ī ˋ | บุ̄-หฺรี่ ɓ u – h ̥ r ī ˋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | bù-rìi | bu-rìi |
| Royal Institute | bu-ri | bu-ri | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /bu˨˩.riː˨˩/(R) | /bu˧.riː˨˩/(R) | |
Noun
บุหรี่ • (bù-rìi) (classifier มวน)