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บาทหลวง

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Portuguese padre (“priest”) + หลวง (lǔuang, “great; chief”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Orthographicบาทหลวง
ɓ ā d h l w ŋ
Phonemic
บาด-หฺลวง
ɓ ā ɗ – h ̥ l w ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonbàat-lǔuang
Royal Institutebat-luang
(standard) IPA(key)/baːt̚˨˩.lua̯ŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

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บาทหลวง • (bàat-lǔuang)

  1. Roman Catholic priest.

References

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  1. ^ Dalgado, Sebastião Rodolfo; and Soares, Anthony Xavier. Portuguese vocables in Asiatic languages : from the Portuguese original of Monsignor Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado. Baroda, India: Oriental Institute, 1936, p. 245.
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