วนิพก

Thai

Alternative forms

  • วณิพก (wá-níp-pók), วันนิพก, พนียก, วนียก

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali vanibbaka (pauper). Cognate with Khmer វនិព្វក (vɔɔnɨpvɔɔk).

Pronunciation

Orthographicวนิพก
wnibk
Phonemic
วะ-นิบ-พก
waniɓbk
วะ-นิ-พก
wanibk
RomanizationPaiboonwá-níp-pókwá-ní-pók
Royal Institutewa-nip-phokwa-ni-phok
(standard) IPA(key)/wa˦˥.nip̚˦˥.pʰok̚˦˥/(R)/wa˦˥.ni˦˥.pʰok̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

วนิพก • (wá-níp-pók) (classifier คน)

  1. beggar who performs music in exchange for alms; beggar-musician.
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