Thai edit

Etymology edit

Persian افیون (afyun), Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn). Cognate with Lao ຝິ່ນ (fin), Northern Thai ᨺᩥ᩠᩵ᨶ, ᦚᦲᧃᧈ (ḟiin¹), Shan ၽိၼ်ႇ (phìn) or ၾိၼ်ႇ (fìn), Tamil அபினி (apiṉi).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicฝิ่น
v i ˋ n
RomanizationPaiboonfìn
Royal Institutefin
(standard) IPA(key)/fin˨˩/(R)

Noun edit

ฝิ่น (fìn)

  1. opium