ขิง

Thai

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicขิง
kʰ i ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkǐng
Royal Institutekhing
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰiŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *χiːŋᴬ (“ginger”). Cognate with Lao ຂີງ (khīng), Lü ᦃᦲᧂ (ẋiing), Tai Dam ꪄꪲꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥑᥤᥒᥴ (xíng), Shan ၶိင် (khǐng), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khiṅ), Bouyei hingl, Zhuang hing, Zuojiang Zhuang hing. Compare Middle Chinese 薑 (MC kjang, “ginger”), Proto-Hlai *kʰɯːŋ (“ginger”).

Noun

ขิง • (kǐng) (classifier หัว or แง่ง)

  1. ginger.

Etymology 2

From mistyping of จิง (jing), an eye dialect spelling of จริง (jing, “truly; really; indeed”).

Adverb

ขิง • (kǐng)

  1. (slang, humorous, childish) very; extremely; truly; indeed.
    เมพขิง ๆ
    mêep kǐng kǐng
    Really smart!

Etymology 3

Believed to be a clipping of ซุยขี้ขิง (sui-kîi-kǐng), a spoonerism of สิงห์ขี้คุย (sǐng-kîi-kui, “boastful lion”).[1]

Verb

ขิง • (kǐng) (abstract noun การขิง)

  1. (slang, transitive or intransitive) to show off; to flex; to flaunt.
References
  1. “ขอขิงหน่อยนะ”, in เต่าบิน (in Thai), 2021 September 16
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