แขก

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแขก
æk
RomanizationPaiboonkɛ̀ɛk
Royal Institutekhaek
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰɛːk̚˨˩/

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese (MC kʰˠæk̚, “guest”). Cognate with Lao ແຂກ (khǣk), ᦶᦃᧅ (ẋaek), Shan ၶႅၵ်ႇ (khàek), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜀𑜫 (khik), Zhuang hek.

Noun

แขก (kɛ̀ɛk) (classifier คน or ท่าน)

  1. guest; visitor.
  2. customer.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

แขก (kɛ̀ɛk)

  1. (classifiers: คน, ท่าน) person of Afghanistani, Bangladeshi, East Asian, Indian, Javanese, Malay, Near Eastern, Nepali, Pakistani, or Sri Lankan descent, except Jewish, North African, and Negro people.
  2. a category of traditional Thai songs, such as แขกกุลิต (kɛ̀ɛk-gù-lít), แขกบรเทศ (kɛ̀ɛk-bɔɔ-rá-têet), แขกสาหร่าย (kɛ̀ɛk-sǎa-ràai), etc

Derived terms

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