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Etymology

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From ปาก (bpàak, mouth) +‎ กา (gaa, crow); literally "crow mouth". Compare Lao ປາກກາ (pāk kā), Khmer ប៉ាកកា (paakkaa).

Semantically, compare Chinese 鴉嘴筆鸦嘴笔 (yāzuǐbǐ, ruling pen, literally crow-mouth pen), Japanese 烏口 (karasuguchi, ruling pen, literally crow mouth), Korean 가막부리 (gamakburi, ruling pen, literally crow mouth), 오구 (ogu, ruling pen, literally crow mouth).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicปากกา
p ā k k ā
Phonemic
ปาก-กา
p ā k – k ā
RomanizationPaiboonbpàak-gaa
Royal Institutepak-ka
(standard) IPA(key)/paːk̚˨˩.kaː˧/(R)

Noun

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ปากกา (bpàak-gaa)

  1. (classifier ด้าม) pen: instrument for writing or drawing with ink or similar substance.
  2. (classifier ตัว) fastener, as clothes peg.

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