Dàap (ดาบ) | Mandarin Mansion

Author(s)

Peter 2

First published

17 September 2020

Last updated

17 September 2020

Language: Thai
Source: Period dictionary

Dàap (ดาบ) is the Thai word for sword. In particular, the long curved sword with a long grip.

The first mention of the word is in a Thai-English dictionary of 1833, compiled by Eliza Grew Jones, a member of a Baptist missionary to Burma.¹

Notes
1. Long thought lost, the manuscript was rediscovered in the British Museum in 2007 and digitized here.

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