จักรวาล

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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From Sanskrit चक्रवाल (cakravāla, mass, assemblage, multitude; circle; etc), from चक्र (cakra, wheel; ring; circle) + वाल (vāla, circle); perhaps via Old Khmer °ចក្ក្រាវាឡ (°cakkrāvāła, (1) mythical mountain range encircling the earth; (2) world, universe; (3) sphere; etc); equivalent to Thai จักร (jàk) +‎ วาล (waal). Cognate with Burmese စကြဝဠာ (ca.kra.wa.la); Modern Khmer ចក្រវាល (cak viəl), ចក្កវាឡ (cɑɑkkɑɑviəl), Lao ຈັກກະວານ (chak ka wān).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicจักรวาล
t͡ɕ ạ k r w ā l
Phonemic
จัก-กฺระ-วาน
t͡ɕ ạ k – k ̥ r a – w ā n
RomanizationPaiboonjàk-grà-waan
Royal Institutechak-kra-wan
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕak̚˨˩.kra˨˩.waːn˧/(R)

Proper noun

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จักรวาล (jàk-grà-waan)

  1. (Buddhist and Hindu cosmology) Cakravāla Range: the range of mountains encircling the earth and separating light from darkness.

Noun

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จักรวาล (jàk-grà-waan)

  1. (Buddhist and Hindu cosmology) the area encircled by the said mountain range: the world, the whole world, the earth, etc.
  2. universe: cosmos.
  3. (elegant) circle; sphere; precinct; region.
  4. (elegant) mass; multitude; assemblage.
  5. (neologism, influenced by English) universe: self-consistent setting for stories, events, etc (as in fiction, films, etc).

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