กำบัง

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicกำบัง
k å ɓ ạ ŋ
Phonemic
กำ-บัง
k å – ɓ ạ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboongam-bang
Royal Institutekam-bang
(standard) IPA(key)/kam˧.baŋ˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer kaṃpaṅ, kaṃpāṅ (act of hiding or conceal; to be hidden or concealed; etc); being extended forms of khpaṅ, *khpāṅ (to cover; to screen; to shield), from which Thai กะบัง (gà-bang) was derived; ultimately being extended forms of paṅ, pāṅ, *paṅ, pāṃṅa (to cover (from view); to hide; to screen; to conceal; etc), from which Thai บัง (bang) was derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer កំបាំង (kɑmbang), Lao ກຳບັງ (kam bang).

Verb

กำบัง (gam-bang) (abstract noun การกำบัง)

  1. (elegant) Alternative form of บัง (bang)

Adjective

กำบัง (gam-bang) (abstract noun ความกำบัง)

  1. (elegant) sheltered; screened; invisible; unseeable; prevented from being seen; hidden from view.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Javanese kembang (flower, blossom; to bloom, to blossom; that which resembles a flower: toy flower, artificial flower, etc), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbaŋ.

Alternative forms

Noun

กำบัง (gam-bang)

  1. (poetic) bunch of flowers: bouquet, nosegay, posy, etc.