parabaik

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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.

OriginBurmese ပုရပိုက် →
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Meanings

nounparabaik (plural parabaiks)

plural parabaiks · alternative parabeik · alternative parabike

  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.

Origin

  1. Burmeseပုရပိုက်
  2. Englishparabaik

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

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