parabaik

English

parabaik

Etymology

Borrowing from Burmese ပုရပိုက် (pu.ra.puik).

Noun

parabaik (plural parabaiks)

1. The traditional form of paper in Burma, made of daphne bark agglutinated into a kind of pasteboard and blackened with charcoal paste, then folded and written on with a steatite pencil.
2. A document or drawing executed on this kind of paper.

Alternative forms

• parabeik, parabike