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phin

The English word “phin” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A type of coffee filter.
  2. A type of lute with a pear-shaped body, originating in Thailand and played mostly by ethnic Laotians in Thailand and Laos.

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese phin (“a filter”). Doublet of filter.

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