บุหรี่

Thai edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Classical Persian (būrī, “hunting horn; point (of a nail)”) as Persia was the first nation which exported tobacco to Siam and the old cigarette was wrapped with leaves in a pointed shape.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic		บุหรี่ ɓ u h r ī ˋ
Phonemic		บุ-หฺรี่ ɓ u – h ̥ r ī ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	bù-rìi
	Royal Institute	bu-ri
(standard) IPA^(key)		/bu˨˩.riː˨˩/^(R)

Noun edit

บุหรี่ • (bù-rìi) (classifier มวน)

tobacco; cigarette.

Synonyms edit

ยาสูบ (yaa-sùup)

Derived terms edit

ที่เขี่ยบุหรี่ (tîi-kìia-bù-rìi)