บพิตร

Thai

Alternative forms

• ปวิตร, ประวิตร

Etymology

From Middle Khmer បពិត្រ (pabitra), បពិត (pabita), បពិទ (pabida), បុពិត្រ (pubitra), បុពិត (pubita), បុពីត្រ (pubītra), បុព្វិត្រ (pubvitra), បូពិត្រ (pūbitra), បូពិត (pūbita, “epithet of members of royalty and ranking ecclesiastics; honorific following names of royalty and ranking ecclesiastics”), ultimately from Sanskrit पवित्र (pavitra, “pure, sinless, holy, saintly; beneficent; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer បពិត្រ (bɑpɨt). Compare Pali pavitta.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		บพิตร ɓ b i t r
Phonemic		บอ-พิด ɓ ɒ – b i ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	bɔɔ-pít
	Royal Institute	bo-phit
(standard) IPA(key)		/bɔː˧.pʰit̚˦˥/(R)
Homophones edit		บพิธ

Noun

บพิตร • (bɔɔ-pít)

1. an epithet of, honorific for, or term of address to gods, high priests, and royal persons.

Pronoun

บพิตร • (bɔɔ-pít)

1. a second or third person pronoun, used by priests to address royal persons.

Derived terms

• บพิตรพระราชสมภาร
• บรมบพิตร
• มหาบพิตร (má-hǎa-bɔɔ-pít)