บุหรี่

Thai

Etymology

Probably from Classical Persian بوری (būrī, hunting horn; point (of a nail)) as Persia was the first nation which exported tobacco to Siam and the old cigarette was wrapped with leaves in a pointed shape.

Pronunciation

Orthographicบุหรี่
ɓuhrīˋ
Phonemic
บุ-หฺรี่
ɓuh̥rīˋ
RomanizationPaiboonbù-rìi
Royal Institutebu-ri
(standard) IPA(key)/bu˨˩.riː˨˩/(R)

Noun

บุหรี่ • (bù-rìi) (classifier มวน)

  1. tobacco; cigarette.

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