สมุนไพร

Thai

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Etymology

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From สมุน (sà-mǔn) +‎ ไพร (prai).

"Cannabis; marijuana" is the semantic loan from English herb.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicสมุนไพร
s m u n ai b r
Phonemic
สะ-หฺมุน-ไพฺร
s a – h ̥ m u n – ai b ̥ r
RomanizationPaiboonsà-mǔn-prai
Royal Institutesa-mun-phrai
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.mun˩˩˦.pʰraj˧/(R)

Noun

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สมุนไพร (sà-mǔn-prai)

  1. herb; medicinal plant.
  2. (colloquial, slang) cannabis; marijuana.

Derived terms

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