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parabaik

parabaik noun: the traditional form of paper in Burma, made of daphne bark agglutinated into a kind of pasteboard and blackened with charcoal paste, then folded and written on with a steatite pencil.

parabaik: the traditional form of paper in Burma, made of daphne bark agglutinated into a kind of pasteboard...
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Noun

parabaik (plural parabaiks)

  1. The traditional form of paper in Burma, made of daphne bark agglutinated into a kind of pasteboard and blackened with charcoal paste, then folded and written on with a steatite pencil.
  2. A document or drawing executed on this kind of paper.

Forms of parabaik

pluralparabaiks
alternative formparabeik
alternative formparabike

Origin of parabaik

Borrowing from Burmese ပုရပိုက် (pu.ra.puik).

Questions about parabaik

What does parabaik mean?
Parabaik means the traditional form of paper in Burma, made of daphne bark agglutinated into a kind of pasteboard and blackened with charcoal paste, then folded and written on with a steatite pencil.
What part of speech is parabaik?
Parabaik is a noun.
What is the plural of parabaik?
The plural of parabaik is parabaiks.

Words near parabaik in the dictionary

  1. paraarticular
  2. paraarticularly
  3. paraathlete
  4. paraautochthonous
  5. parabactin
  6. parabaik
  7. parabaiks
  8. parabalistic
  9. paraballism
  10. paraballistic
  11. parabanate

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