บาง

Compare Khmer បាង (baang, “bay; gulf”), Mon ပါၚ် (“mouth; opening”).

บาง • (baang)

1. narrow or small watercourse.
2. community or polity located near such watercourse or at the place used to be such watercourse.
3. (slang, chiefly in combination) collectivity; entirety.

From Proto-Tai *C̥.baːŋᴬ (“thin (not thick)”). Cognate with Lao ບາງ (bāng), Shan မၢင် (mǎang) or ဝၢင် (wǎang), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥒ (maang), Ahom 𑜈𑜂𑜫 (baṅ), Zhuang mbang. Compare Sui qbaangl, Southern Kam mangl, Tày bang and Proto-Be *viaŋᴬ¹ (“thin (not thick)”) (> ɓiaŋ¹~viaŋ¹ across the different lects).

บาง • (baang) (abstract noun ความบาง)

1. light; thin.

Cognate with Lao ບາງ (bāng), Shan မၢင် (mǎang), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥒ (maang), Ahom 𑜈𑜂𑜫 (baṅ), Zhuang mbangj.

• ลาง (laang)

บาง • (baang) (abstract noun ความบาง)

1. certain; some; not all.

• “บาง” 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.