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| ปากกา bpaakL gaaM |  |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ปาก-กา |
| IPA | pàːk kaː |
| Royal Thai General System | pak ka |
| [noun] | |||
| definition | pen | ||
| notes | ปากกา was known in the days of yore as ปากไก่ (quill). The Siamese people made their pens from hand-cut goose (or sometimes bird) feathers and called them ปากไก่ perhaps due to the quill nib's resemblance to the beak of a chicken. Then, quills with metal nibs were invented. The Siamese seemed to like to compare their quills by basing the looks of the quill nibs on those of bird beaks. It is also a Siamese Buddhist belief that crows (who wait in Hell for sinners) have steel beaks. It is thus possible to surmise that after the metal nib quills were invented and used by the Siamese people, they might change from the name ปากไก่ to ปากกา, perhaps due to the fact that the quill’s metal nib dipped in black ink looked pretty much like the beak of a crow. | ||
| classifier | ด้าม  | daamF | [numerical classifier for broom, brush, pen] |
| categories | |||
| components | ปาก | bpaakL | snout; [of a bird] the beak; [figurative] pointy objects |
| กา | gaaM | crow | |
| examples | ปากกาลูกลื่น | bpaakL gaaM luukF leuunF | ball point pen |
| ปากกาจับของ | bpaakL gaaM japL khaawngR | vise | |
| ปากกาเมจิก | bpaakL gaaM maehM jikL | felt-tip pen; "magic marker" | |
| ปากกาหมึกซึม | bpaakL gaaM meukL seumM | fountain pen | |
| นามปากกา | naamM bpaakL gaaM | pen name; nom-de-plume | |
| ปากกาขนนก | bpaakL gaaM khohnR nohkH | quill pen | |
| sample sentences | |||
เขาตัดสินใจหยิบปากกาเซนคำสั่งย้ายฟ้าผ่าผู้บริหารไล่เรียงตัวตั้งแต่ปลัดจนถึงข้าราชการ khaoR dtatL sinR jaiM yipL bpaakL gaaM saehnM khamM sangL yaaiH faaH phaaL phuuF baawM riH haanR laiF riiangM dtuaaM dtangF dtaaeL bpaL latL johnM theungR khaaF raatF chaH gaanM "He decided to pick up his pen and sign the order to transfer, immediately and without hesitation, one executive after the other; [the order covers executives] all the way from deputy directors to [lower level] civil service [department heads]." | |||
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