เปรียบ

Thai

Etymology

From Angkorian Old Khmer pryap (“to set side by side; to compare; to weigh; comparison”); compare Modern Khmer ប្រៀប (priəp, “to compare; to match up with; comparison; analogy”).

Cognate with Lao ປຽບ (pīap), Northern Thai ᨷᩕ᩠ᨿᨷ. Related to เรียบ (rîiap).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเปรียบ
e p r ī y ɓ
Phonemic
เปฺรียบ
e p ̥ r ī y ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonbprìiap
Royal Institutepriap
(standard) IPA(key)/pria̯p̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

เปรียบ • (bprìiap) (abstract noun การเปรียบ)

  1. to compare.

Derived terms

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