Where does “ปิดบัง” come from?

ปิดบัง (Thai) comes from Thai บัง, from Malay abang, from Javanese abang, from English Aban, from Hungarian aba, from Ottoman Turkish عبا, from Arabic عَبَاءَة — woollen tunic; cloak.

ปิดบัง (Thai): to conceal, to hide

Definitions

  1. to conceal, to hide

Ancestry of “ปิดบัง”, step by step

ปิดบัง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai บัง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiบังto cover: to shade, to screen, to hide from view,...
2Malayabangbrother; elder brother; red
3Javaneseabangred
4EnglishAbanThe eighth solar month of the Persian calendar
5Hungarianabaa thick, coarse, full cloth, typically woven from the wool of sheep or goats, usually undyed and of lower quality
6Ottoman Turkishعباcloak; aba
7Arabicعَبَاءَةwoollen tunic; cloak

via Thai ปิด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปิดto close; to turn off
Every word from Arabic عَبَاءَةEvery word from Ottoman Turkish عباEvery word from Hungarian aba