ปรอท
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From Pali pārada (“mercury”) or Sanskrit पारद (pārada, idem); possibly via Old Khmer paraṭta (idem). Cognate with Modern Khmer បារត (baarɑɑt).
Pronunciation edit
Orthographic | ปรอท p r ɒ d | |
Phonemic | ปะ-หฺรอด p a – h ̥ r ɒ ɗ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | bpà-rɔ̀ɔt |
Royal Institute | pa-rot | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /pa˨˩.rɔːt̚˨˩/(R) | |
Homophones | ปรอด |
Noun edit
ปรอท • (bpà-rɔ̀ɔt)
- (chemistry) mercury; quicksilver.
- (colloquial) Synonym of เทอร์โมมิเตอร์ (təə-moo-mí-dtə̂ə, “thermometer”) (classifier อัน).
- (pathology, of a royal person) (พระ~) fever.
- (figurative) used to describe a very quick movement.