วัชพืช

Thai

Etymology

From Pali vajja (“that which should be abandoned; fault, wrong”) +‎ พืช (pʉ̂ʉt, “plant”).

"Cannabis; marijuana" is the semantic loan from English weed.

Pronunciation
Orthographicวัชพืช
w ạ d͡ʑ b ụ̄ d͡ʑ
Phonemic
วัด-ชะ-พืด
w ạ ɗ – d͡ʑ a – b ụ̄ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonwát-chá-pʉ̂ʉt
Royal Institutewat-cha-phuet
(standard) IPA(key)/wat̚˦˥.t͡ɕʰa˦˥.pʰɯːt̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

วัชพืช • (wát-chá-pʉ̂ʉt)

  1. (botany) weed: unwanted plant.
  2. (colloquial, slang) cannabis; marijuana.
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