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Thai
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *χiːŋᴬ (“ginger”). Cognate with Lao ຂີງ (khīng), Lü ᦃᦲᧂ (ẋiing), Tai Dam ꪄꪲꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥑᥤᥒᥴ (xíng), Shan ၶိင် (khǐng), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khiṅ), Bouyei hingl, Zhuang hing, Zuojiang Zhuang hing. Compare Middle Chinese 薑 (MC kjang, “ginger”), Proto-Hlai *kʰɯːŋ (“ginger”).
Noun
ขิง • (kǐng) (classifier หัว or แง่ง)
- ginger.
Etymology 2
From mistyping of จิง (jing), an eye dialect spelling of จริง (jing, “truly; really; indeed”).
Adverb
ขิง • (kǐng)
- (slang, humorous, childish) very; extremely; truly; indeed.
- เมพขิง ๆ
- mêep kǐng kǐng
- Really smart!
Etymology 3
Believed to be a clipping of ซุยขี้ขิง (sui-kîi-kǐng), a spoonerism of สิงห์ขี้คุย (sǐng-kîi-kui, “boastful lion”).[1]
Verb
ขิง • (kǐng) (abstract noun การขิง)
- (slang, transitive or intransitive) to show off; to flex; to flaunt.
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