ฟาง

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicฟาง
v ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonfaang
Royal Institutefang
(standard) IPA(key)/faːŋ˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *wɯǝŋᴬ (“straw; stubble”).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨼᩣ᩠ᨦ or ᨼᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Isan เฟือง, Lao ເຟືອງ (fư̄ang), Shan ၽိူင်း (phóeng) or ၾိူင်း (fóeng), Ahom 𑜇𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (phüṅ), Bouyei feangz, Zhuang fiengz and fangz (dialectal).

Noun

ฟาง • (faang)

  1. hay; straw
  2. (เห็ด~) straw mushroom
Derived terms
  • กระดาษฟาง
  • ไข้ละอองฟาง (“hay fever”)
  • เชือกฟาง
  • หมวกฟาง

Etymology 2

Noun

ฟาง • (faang)

  1. wisdom tooth
Derived terms
  • ฟันฟาง

Etymology 3

From Proto-Tai *ʰwaːŋᴬ (“night blind”).[2]

Cognate with Lao ຟາງ (fāng), Zhuang fangz.

Adjective

ฟาง • (faang)

  1. (of an eye) dim; blurred
Derived terms
  • ตาฟาง
  • ฝ้าฟาง
See also

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 341
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[2], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 344

Further reading

  • “ฟาง” 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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