เวคิน

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit वेगिन् (vegin, literally “one who goes fast, one who moves fast; one who has velocity”). Compare Pali vegī, from which Thai เวคี was derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เวคิน e w g i n
Phonemic		เว-คิน e w – g i n
Romanization	Paiboon	wee-kin
	Royal Institute	we-khin
(standard) IPA(key)		/weː˧.kʰin˧/(R)

Noun

เวคิน • (wee-kin)

1. (elegant, literary, poetic) one who goes fast, one who moves fast, as hawk, falcon, eagle, dispatch rider, courier, etc.