ปรอท
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Thai
Alternative forms
- ปรอด (bpà-rɔ̀ɔt)
Etymology
From Pali pārada (“mercury”) or Sanskrit पारद (pārada, idem); possibly via Old Khmer paraṭta (idem). Cognate with Modern Khmer បារត (baarɑɑt).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ปรอท p r ɒ d | |
| Phonemic | ปะ-หฺรอด p a – h ̥ r ɒ ɗ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | bpà-rɔ̀ɔt |
| Royal Institute | pa-rot | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pa˨˩.rɔːt̚˨˩/(R) | |
| Homophones | ปรอด | |
Noun
ปรอท • (bpà-rɔ̀ɔt)
- (chemistry) mercury; quicksilver.
- (colloquial) Synonym of เทอร์โมมิเตอร์ (təə-moo-mí-dtə̂ə, “thermometer”) (classifier อัน).
- (pathology, of a royal person) (พระ~) fever.
- (figurative) used to describe a very quick movement.