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มุก

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicมุก
m u k
RomanizationPaiboonmúk
Royal Institutemuk
(standard) IPA(key)/muk̚˦˥/(R)
Homophonesมุข
มุคธ์

Etymology 1

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Likely borrowed from some reflex of Sanskrit मुक्ता (muktā, pearl).

Noun

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มุก (múk)

  1. pearl
  2. pearl oyster
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of Etymology 1?”)

Noun

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มุก (múk)

  1. joke; gag; kidding
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Further reading

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  • มุก” 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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