ผีขนุน

Thai

Etymology

From ผี (pǐi, “ghost”) +‎ ขนุน (kà-nǔn, “jack tree”); literally "jack tree ghost" or "ghost of jack tree"; from the fact that prostitutes in Bangkok often stood under jack trees along the Lot Canal at night.[1]

Pronunciation
Orthographicผีขนุน
pʰ ī kʰ n u n
Phonemicผี-ขะ-หฺนุน
pʰ ī – kʰ a – h ̥ n u n
RomanizationPaiboonpǐi-kà-nǔn
Royal Institutephi-kha-nun
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰiː˩˩˦.kʰa˨˩.nun˩˩˦/

Noun

ผีขนุน • (pǐi-kà-nǔn) (classifier ตน)

  1. (slang) prostitute.

Synonyms
Synonyms — see โสเภณี (sǒo-pee-nii)

References
  1. “แนะนำให้รู้จักสารพัดผีของไทย”, in บทความ >> ศาสนา‎ (in Thai), Bangkok: กระทรวงวัฒนธรรม, 2016-01-13, retrieved 2019-03-14
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