Thai

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Etymology

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From อัม (am, sickness) +‎ พฤกษ์ (prʉ́k, tree); literally "tree of sickness" or "tree sickness".

Pronunciation

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Orthographicอัมพฤกษ์
ɒ ạ m b ṛ k ʂ ʻ
Phonemic
อำ-มะ-พฺรึก
ɒ å – m a – b ̥ r ụ k
RomanizationPaiboonam-má-prʉ́k
Royal Instituteam-ma-phruek
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔam˧.ma˦˥.pʰrɯk̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

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อัมพฤกษ์ (am-má-prʉ́k)

  1. (medicine and archaic) a line on the surface of the belly, believed to be the diametre of the body.
  2. (pathology) paresis.

Derived terms

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