แกง

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแกง
æ k ŋ
RomanizationPaiboongɛɛng
Royal Institutekaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/kɛːŋ˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kɛːŋᴬ² (soup; broth), from Middle Chinese (MC kaeng, “thick soup”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩯ᩠ᨦ, Khün ᨠᩯ᩠ᨦ, Lao ແກງ (kǣng), ᦶᦂᧂ (k̇aeng), Shan ၵႅင် (kěng), Tai Nüa ᥐᥦᥒ (kaeng), Saek เก๋ง, Yong ᨠᩯ᩠ᨦ.

Noun

แกง • (gɛɛng)

  1. curry; soup; stew.

Verb

แกง • (gɛɛng) (abstract noun การแกง)

  1. to make or make as or into a curry, soup, or stew.
  2. (often in combination) to kill; to slay.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Corrupted from แกล้ง (glɛ̂ɛng) which is influenced by ต้ม (dtôm, to boil; to trick).

Verb

แกง • (gɛɛng) (abstract noun การแกง)

  1. (colloquial, originally LGBTQ slang) to subject to public outrage or humiliation.
  2. (colloquial) to trick; to deceive; to sham.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

แกง • (gɛɛng) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (dialect) (แมง~) stink bug: any of the insects of the family Pentatomidae.

Further reading

  • แกง” 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.