Receding Hairline

[Neeranam]

Does anyone know the Thai for this?

All I've heard before is 'hua terk', which I don't know if it's Thai or Isarn or how to spell it.

[taxexile]

เภิก means "opened up" and also "with a receding hairline"

and in answer to your next question ,

ผมปลอม means "a wig"

[DavidHouston]

Does anyone know the Thai for this?

All I've heard before is 'hua terk', which I don't know if it's Thai or Isarn or how to spell it.

Lexitron says: ง่ามถ่อ [ngâam tòr] [N] "bald in the middle of a head" but Domnern-Sathienpong says for the same word, "receding hairline at the temples."

The Matichon Dictionary for "ง่ามถ่อ" says, "ลักษณะหัวเถิกเข้าไปเป็นสองแฉก"

หัวเถิก - balding; this is the hŭa tèrk which is the subject question.

แฉก [N] v-shaped projection; point of the star; serration (leaves); jagged edge

So the definition from Matichon might be translated as, "a balding pattern whereby [hair remains] in two areas of the head."

Interestingly, Lexitron's Thai definition for ง่ามถ่อ is ลักษณะหัวที่มีผมเถิกเข้าไป 2 แฉกเหมือนง่ามถ่อ. This is the same definition as Matichon. I can't find a separate definition for "bald spot."

Other terms for balding from Lexitron include:

หัวโกร๋น - to have thinning hair; to be balding.

หัวโล้น - skin-head, shaven head

and, of course, หัวล้าน, bald headed

คลังคำ has the word "หัวฉอก" which is defined in that book as, "ผมแหว่งเข้าไปจากหน้าผากเห็นเป็นง่าม"

แหว่ง [ADJ] indented; dented; nicked; chipped; incomplete

หน้าผาก [N] forehead; brow

So, this seems to mean, "where the hair is receeding from around the forehead which appears to be baldness."

Does anyone know how to say "bald spot"?

[DavidHouston]

Is it idiomatic Thai so say, "ล้านที่ขมอม" for "bald spot"?

[taxexile]

เภิก means "opened up" and also "with a receding hairline"

and in answer to your next question ,

ผมปลอม means "a wig"

the correct spelling is เถิก , and not เภิก.

and thanks to david houston for pointing that out to me.

[Neeranam]

ผมปลอม means "a wig"

Or literally, 'false hair'.