กาด

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kaːtᴰ,[1] from Proto-Tai *kaːtᴰ,[2] which Pittayporn (2014) proposes to be from Late Han Chinese *kes, further from Old Chinese (OC *kreːds, “mustard plant”).[1]

Cognate with Ahom 𑜀𑜄𑜫 (kat), Lao ກາດ (kāt), Shan ၵၢတ်ႇ (kàat), Zhuang gat of byaekgat.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicกาด
k ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboongàat
Royal Institutekat
(standard) IPA(key)/kaːt̚˨˩/(R)
Homophones
 
กาจ
กาฐ
การ์ด

Noun

กาด • (gàat)

  1. (ผัก~) Chinese cabbage, lettuce, mustard, or similar.
  2. (rare) market.
    Synonym: ตลาด (dtà-làat)

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pittayaporn, Pittayawat. (2014). "Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Protosouthwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai". MANUSYA. 17. pp. 55-56 of pp. 47-68.
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 332

Further reading

  • กาด” 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.