ปัจจัย

Thai

Etymology

From Pali paccaya (“cause; suffix; etc”); possibly via Old Khmer pracai, pracaiya (“(1) source of livelihood; (2) monetary support; (3) requisites for monastic life, that is, clothing, food, shelter, medicine; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer បច្ច័យ (paccay). Compare Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya), from which Thai ปัตยัย is derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ปัจจัย p ạ t͡ɕ t͡ɕ ạ y
Phonemic		ปัด-ไจ p ạ ɗ – ai t͡ɕ	[bound form] ปัด-ไจ- p ạ ɗ – ai t͡ɕ –	[bound form] ปัด-ไจ-ยะ- p ạ ɗ – ai t͡ɕ – y a –
Romanization	Paiboon	bpàt-jai	bpàt-jai-	bpàt-jai-yá-
	Royal Institute	pat-chai	pat-chai-	pat-chai-ya-
(standard) IPA(key)		/pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕaj˧/(R)	/pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕaj˧./	/pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕaj˧.ja˦˥./

Noun

ปัจจัย • (bpàt-jai)

1. factor; cause.
2. way or path (which leads to a certain result); means or method (by which a certain result is achieved).
3. component; element.
4. thing required for subsistence or living.
5. thing required for the carrying out of a certain activity.
6. (Buddhism) any of the four things required for the living of a priest: (1) clothing, (2) food, (3) shelter, and (4) medicine.
7. (colloquial) money or monetary support (which is offered to a priest).
8. (grammar) suffix.

Derived terms

• คิลานปัจจัย
• จตุปัจจัย
• ปัจจัยนาค
• ปัจจัยนาเคนทร์
• ปัจจัยภาพ
• ปัจจัยสี่
• ปัจจัยเสี่ยง
• มนุษยปัจจัย
• ยุทธปัจจัย
• สัมฤทธิปัจจัย
• อันตปัจจัย