บาง

See also: บ้าง

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		บาง ɓ ā ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	baang
	Royal Institute	bang
(standard) IPA^(key)		/baːŋ˧/^(R)

Etymology 1

Compare Khmer បាង (baang, “bay; gulf”), Mon ပါၚ် (“mouth; opening”).

Noun

บาง • (baang)

narrow or small watercourse.
community or polity located near such watercourse or at the place used to be such watercourse.
(slang, chiefly in combination) collectivity; entirety.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *C̥.baːŋᴬ (“thin (not thick)”). Cognate with Lao ບາງ (bāng), Shan မၢင် (mǎang) or ဝၢင် (wǎang), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥒ (maang), Ahom 𑜈𑜂𑜫 (baṅ), Zhuang mbang. Compare Sui qbaangl, Southern Kam mangl, Tày bang and Proto-Be *viaŋᴬ¹ (“thin (not thick)”) (> ɓiaŋ¹~viaŋ¹ across the different lects).

Adjective

บาง • (baang) (abstract noun ความบาง)

light; thin.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Cognate with Lao ບາງ (bāng), Shan မၢင် (mǎang), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥒ (maang), Ahom 𑜈𑜂𑜫 (baṅ).

Alternative forms

ลาง (laang)

Adjective

บาง • (baang) (abstract noun ความบาง)

certain; some; not all.

Derived terms

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