พนัก

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Angkorian Old Khmer វ្នាក៑ (vnāk), វ្នក៑ (vnak), ព្នាក៑ (bnāk), ភ្នាក៑ (bhnāk). Cognate with Modern Khmer ភ្នាក់ (phnĕək), Lao ພະນັກ (pha nak).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พนัก b n ạ k
Phonemic		พะ-นัก b a – n ạ k
Romanization	Paiboon	pá-nák
	Royal Institute	pha-nak
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰa˦˥.nak̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

พนัก • (pá-nák)

1. backrest

Derived terms

• พนักเก้าอี้
• พนักงาน (pá-nák-ngaan)

Further reading

• “พนัก” 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.