Thai

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Etymology

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From Old Khmer paṃmre, paṃreha, paṃmreha, paṃmrœha, paṃre (application, use, employment; service, duty; charge, order, behest; servant, employee; to attend on, to serve; etc), extended forms of pre (to apply; to use; to make use of; to employ; etc), from which Thai เปรอ (bprəə) was derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer បំរើ (bɑmraə).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicบำเรอ
ɓ å e r ɒ
Phonemic
บำ-เรอ
ɓ å – e r ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonbam-rəə
Royal Institutebam-roe
(standard) IPA(key)/bam˧.rɤː˧/(R)

Verb

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บำเรอ (bam-rəə) (abstract noun การบำเรอ)

  1. (elegant) Alternative form of เปรอ (bprəə)

Derived terms

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