Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit वेगिन् (vegin, literally one who goes fast, one who moves fast; one who has velocity). Compare Pali vegī, from which Thai เวคี was derived.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicเวคิน
e w g i n
Phonemic
เว-คิน
e w – g i n
RomanizationPaiboonwee-kin
Royal Institutewe-khin
(standard) IPA(key)/weː˧.kʰin˧/(R)

Noun edit

เวคิน (wee-kin)

  1. (elegant, literary, poetic) one who goes fast, one who moves fast, as hawk, falcon, eagle, dispatch rider, courier, etc.