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พริก

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Pali marica or Sanskrit मरिच (marica),[1] probably through the predecessor of Mon မြေက်.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicพริก
b r i k
Phonemic
พฺริก
b ̥ r i k
RomanizationPaiboonprík
Royal Institutephrik
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰrik̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

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พริก • (prík) (classifier เม็ด)

  1. chili pepper

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Northern Thai: ᨻᩕᩥ᩠ᨠ, ᨽᩥ᩠ᨠ
  • → Lao: ພິກ (phik)
  • → Lü: ᦘᦲᧅ (phiik)

References

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  1. ^ Jenny, Mathias (2015), “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges

Further reading

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  • “พริก” 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.