กุลบดี

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit कुलपति (kulapati, “chief of a family”), from कुल (kula, “family”) + पति (pati, “chief; lord; master”); equivalent to Thai กุล (gun) +‎ บดี (bɔɔ-dii). Cognate with Old Khmer kulapatī, kulapatiy, kulapati (“master of a religious community”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กุลบดี k u l ɓ ɗ ī
Phonemic		กุน-ละ-บอ-ดี k u n – l a – ɓ ɒ – ɗ ī
Romanization	Paiboon	gun-lá-bɔɔ-dii
	Royal Institute	kun-la-bo-di
(standard) IPA(key)		/kun˧.la˦˥.bɔː˧.diː˧/(R)

Noun

กุลบดี • (gun-lá-bɔɔ-dii)

1. (elegant) leader of a family or household.