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หมาก

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːkᴰ (“fruit”). Cognate with Lao ໝາກ (māk), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ᩠ᨠ, Khün ᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ᩠ᨠ, Lü ᦖᦱᧅ (ṁaak), Shan မၢၵ်ႇ (màak), Ahom 𑜉𑜀𑜫 (mak), Zhuang mak, Tày mác. Compare Proto-Be *maːkᴰ².

Though TDP separates the "game piece" sense from the "areca, betel" senses, they are likely etymologically equivalent.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicหมาก
h m ā k
Phonemic
หฺมาก
h ̥ m ā k
RomanizationPaiboonmàak
Royal Institutemak
(standard) IPA(key)/maːk̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

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หมาก • (màak)

  1. (archaic) fruit; also used as a prefix to the name of a fruit and corrupted as มะ (má)
  2. any round object
  3. (chess) piece
  4. (botany) any of various palms of the family Arecaceae
  5. paan: betel leaves prepared and used as a stimulant

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “หมาก” 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.