หมอกระเป๋า

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Thai

Etymology

From หมอ (mɔ̌ɔ, “doctor”) +‎ กระเป๋า (grà-bpǎo, “bag”), literally “bag doctor”; believed to be from the fact that unlicensed practitioners of plastic surgery in Thailand were often seen walking around with a variety of surgical instruments in one briefcase.[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographicหมอกระเป๋า
h m ɒ k r a e p ˇ ā
Phonemic
หฺมอ-กฺระ-เป๋า
h ̥ m ɒ – k ̥ r a – e p ˇ ā
RomanizationPaiboonmɔ̌ɔ-grà-bpǎo
Royal Institutemo-kra-pao
(standard) IPA(key)/mɔː˩˩˦.kra˨˩.paw˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

หมอกระเป๋า • (mɔ̌ɔ-grà-bpǎo) (classifier คน)

  1. (slang) unlicensed plastic surgeon.

References

  1. ^ เจ้าของร้าน (2015) “หมอกระเป๋า นางฟ้าหรือซาตาน”, in (in Thai)
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