ปรสิต

Thai

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from English parasite.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ปรสิต p r s i t
Phonemic		ปะ-ระ-สิด p a – r a – s i ɗ	[bound form] ปะ-ระ-สิด- p a – r a – s i ɗ –	[bound form] ปะ-ระ-สิด-ตะ- p a – r a – s i ɗ – t a –
Romanization	Paiboon	bpà-rá-sìt	bpà-rá-sìt-	bpà-rá-sìt-dtà-
	Royal Institute	pa-ra-sit	pa-ra-sit-	pa-ra-sit-ta-
(standard) IPA(key)		/pa˨˩.ra˦˥.sit̚˨˩/(R)	/pa˨˩.ra˦˥.sit̚˨˩./	/pa˨˩.ra˦˥.sit̚˨˩.ta˨˩./

Notes

The above are the pronunciations according to the Royal Institute Dictionary 2010, but the common pronunciations are as follows:

Orthographic		ปรสิต p r s i t
Phonemic		ปอ-ระ-สิด p ɒ – r a – s i ɗ	[bound form] ปอ-ระ-สิด- p ɒ – r a – s i ɗ –	[bound form] ปอ-ระ-สิด-ตะ- p ɒ – r a – s i ɗ – t a –
Romanization	Paiboon	bpɔɔ-rá-sìt	bpɔɔ-rá-sìt-	bpɔɔ-rá-sìt-dtà-
	Royal Institute	po-ra-sit	po-ra-sit-	po-ra-sit-ta-
(standard) IPA(key)		/pɔː˧.ra˦˥.sit̚˨˩/(R)	/pɔː˧.ra˦˥.sit̚˨˩./	/pɔː˧.ra˦˥.sit̚˨˩.ta˨˩./

Noun

ปรสิต • (bpà-rá-sìt)

1. parasite.
2. (slang, figurative) parasite: person clinging to another for personal gain, person living at the expenses of others, etc.

Derived terms

• ปรสิตวิทยา