เกล็ด

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kletᴰ, from Proto-Tai *klecꟲ, from Old Chinese (OC *kreːds, “shell; to wear armour”).[1] Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩖᩮᩢᨯ, Lao ເກັດ (ket), Tai Nüa ᥐᥥᥖᥱ (kět), ᦵᦂᧆ (k̇ed), Shan ၵဵတ်း (káet).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเกล็ด
e k l ˘ ɗ
Phonemic
เกฺล็ด
e k ̥ l ˘ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonglèt
Royal Instituteklet
(standard) IPA(key)/klet̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

เกล็ด • (glèt)

  1. scale (of a fish, etc.)
  2. (sewing) tuck, dart

Derived terms

  • เกล็ดปลา
  • เกล็ดเลือด (glèt-lʉ̂ʉat)
  • ขอดเกล็ด
  • จีบเกล็ด
  • ตีเกล็ด
  • บานเกล็ด
  • เป็นเกล็ด

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014), “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.

Further reading

  • เกล็ด” 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.