คณบดี

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit गणपति (gaṇapati, literally “chief of a group”), from गण (gaṇa, “group”) + पति (pati, “chief; lord; master”); equivalent to Thai คณ (ká-ná-, “group, body; higher education faculty; etc”) +‎ บดี (bɔɔ-dii, “chief; lord; master; leader; commander; etc”). Cognate with Old Khmer gaṇapati (“an epithet of the god Gaṇeśa or Śiva”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		คณบดี g ɳ ɓ ɗ ī
Phonemic		คะ-นะ-บอ-ดี g a – n a – ɓ ɒ – ɗ ī
Romanization	Paiboon	ká-ná-bɔɔ-dii
	Royal Institute	kha-na-bo-di
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰa˦˥.na˦˥.bɔː˧.diː˧/(R)

Noun

คณบดี • (ká-ná-bɔɔ-dii)

1. (education) dean: chief of a faculty or equivalent body in a higher education institution, such as คณบดีคณะนิติศาสตร์ (ká-ná-bɔɔ-dii-ká-ná-ní-dtì-sàat, “dean of law”).
2. dean: senior member of a group, organisation, etc, such as คณบดีคณะทูต (ká-ná-bɔɔ-dii-ká-ná-tûut, “dean of a diplomatic corps”).

Proper noun

คณบดี • (ká-ná-bɔɔ-dii)

1. (Hinduism) an epithet of the god Gaṇeśa.