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

Orthographic		บุหรี่ ɓ u h r ī ˋ
Phonemic		บุ-หฺรี่ ɓ u – h ̥ r ī ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	bù-rìi
	Royal Institute	bu-ri
(standard) IPA(key)		/bu˨˩.riː˨˩/(R)

Noun

บุหรี่ • (bù-rìi) (classifier มวน)

1. tobacco; cigarette.

Synonyms

• ยาสูบ (yaa-sùup)

 

Derived terms

• ที่เขี่ยบุหรี่ (tîi-kìia-bù-rìi)