Where does “ตุ๊กตาเสียกบาล” come from?

ตุ๊กตาเสียกบาล (Thai) comes from Thai ตุ๊กตา, from Old Khmer tuktar.

ตุ๊กตาเสียกบาล (Thai): doll offered to a ghost when a child comes down with an illness believed to be caused by the ghost, in hope that the ghost would harm or take away the doll instead of the child

Definitions

  1. doll offered to a ghost when a child comes down with an illness believed to be caused by the ghost, in hope that the ghost would harm or take away the doll instead of the child

Ancestry of “ตุ๊กตาเสียกบาล”, step by step

ตุ๊กตาเสียกบาล traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตุ๊กตา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตุ๊กตาdoll; example; illustration; model; paradigm;...
2Old Khmertuktar

via Thai เสีย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเสียto degenerate; to deteriorate; to worsen; to...
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