กลับตาลปัตร

Thai

FWOTD – 2 September 2017

Etymology

กลับ (glàp, to return; to reverse; to turn (back, upside down, inside out, etc)) + ตาลปัตร (dtaa-lá-bpàt, talipot fan (of a Buddhist monk)); literally "to turn a talipot fan".

Pronunciation

Orthographicกลับตาลปัตร
klɓtālptr
Phonemic
กฺลับ-ตา-ละ-ปัด
k̥lɓtālapɗ
RomanizationPaiboonglàp-dtaa-lá-bpàt
Royal Instituteklap-ta-la-pat
(standard) IPA(key)/klap̚˨˩.taː˧.la˦˥.pat̚˨˩/(R)

Adjective

กลับตาลปัตร • (glàp-dtaa-lá-bpàt) (abstract noun ความกลับตาลปัตร)

  1. (idiomatic) topsy-turvy; turned upside down; changed, inverted, or reversed, especially in an unexpected or surprising manner.
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