หนัก

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Thai

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Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰnakᴰ (heavy). Cognate with Lao ໜັກ (nak), ᦐᧅ (ṅak), Shan ၼၵ်း (nák), Tai Nüa ᥘᥐᥴ (lák), Aiton ꩫက် (nak), Ahom 𑜃𑜀𑜫 (nak), Bouyei nagt, Zhuang naek.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหนัก
h n ạ k
Phonemic
หฺนัก
h ̥ n ạ k
RomanizationPaiboonnàk
Royal Institutenak
(standard) IPA(key)/nak̚˨˩/(R)

Adjective

หนัก (nàk) (abstract noun ความหนัก)

  1. heavy.
  2. severe; serious.
  3. (slang, of an unfavourable behaviour or habit) extreme; excessive; incurable; uncorrectable; hopeless.

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