แขก

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		แขก æ kʰ k
Romanization	Paiboon	kɛ̀ɛk
	Royal Institute	khaek
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰɛːk̚˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 客 (MC khaek, “guest”). Cognate with Lao ແຂກ (khǣk), Lü ᦶᦃᧅᧈ (ẋaek¹), Shan ၶႅၵ်ႇ (khèk), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜀𑜫 (khik), Zhuang hek.

Noun

แขก • (kɛ̀ɛk) (classifier คน or ท่าน)

1. guest; visitor.
2. customer.

Etymology 2

Noun

แขก • (kɛ̀ɛk)

1. (classifiers: คน, ท่าน) person of Afghanistani, Bangladeshi, East Asian, Indian, Javanese, Malay, Near Eastern, Nepali, Pakistani, or Sri Lankan descent, except Jewish, North African, and Negro people.
2. a category of traditional Thai songs, such as แขกกุลิต (kɛ̀ɛk-gù-lít), แขกบรเทศ (kɛ̀ɛk-bɔɔ-rá-têet), แขกสาหร่าย (kɛ̀ɛk-sǎa-ràai), etc