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พารา

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographicพารา
b ā r ā
Phonemic
พา-รา
b ā – r ā
RomanizationPaiboonpaa-raa
Royal Institutepha-ra
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰaː˧.raː˧/(R)
Homophonesภารา

Etymology 1

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Probably shortened from พาราณสี (Varanasi).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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พารา (paa-raa)

  1. (poetic) city; town.

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Portuguese Pará (a state in the North Region of Brazil), which is the origin of this tree.

Noun

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พารา (paa-raa)

  1. (ยาง~) (botany) a kind of rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis.

Etymology 3

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Shortened from พาราเซตามอล (paa-raa-see-dtaa-mɔ̂n, paracetamol).

Noun

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พารา (paa-raa)

  1. (ยา~) (pharmacology) paracetamol.