บิณฑบาต

Thai

A woman donates food to a monk by dropping them into his bowl.

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ^†บิณฑบาตร (bin-tá-bàat)

 

Etymology

From Pali piṇḍapāta (literally “dropped lump”), from piṇḍa (“lump”) + pāta (“to drop”), equivalent to Thai บิณฑ +‎ บาต (bàat). Compare Sanskrit पिण्डपत्र (piṇḍapatra, literally “dropped lump”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		บิณฑบาต ɓ i ɳ ɖ ɓ ā t
Phonemic		บิน-ทะ-บาด ɓ i n – d a – ɓ ā ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	bin-tá-bàat
	Royal Institute	bin-tha-bat
(standard) IPA(key)		/bin˧.tʰa˦˥.baːt̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

บิณฑบาต • (bin-tá-bàat) (abstract noun การบิณฑบาต)

1. (Buddhism, of a priest) to accept alms dropped into one's alms bowl.
2. (Buddhism, of a priest) to ask for alms by requesting them to be dropped into one's alms bowl.
3. (Buddhism, of a priest, figuratively) to ask (for); to call (for); to demand; to request; to beg.