พงศาวดาร
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Thai
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative forms
Etymology
[edit]From พงศ์ (pong, “family; genealogy”) + อวตาร (à-wá-dtaan, “avatar: divine descent to the earth”); ultimately from वंश (vaṃśa, “family; dynasty; genealogy”) + अवतार (avatāra, “avatar”); literally "avatar of (royal) family", based on the old belief that royals were gods incarnate. Cognate with Khmer ពង្សាវតារ (pɔɔngsaawtaa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic | พงศาวดาร b ŋ ɕ ā w ɗ ā r | |
Phonemic | พง-สา-วะ-ดาน b ŋ – s ā – w a – ɗ ā n | |
Romanization | Paiboon | pong-sǎa-wá-daan |
Royal Institute | phong-sa-wa-dan | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /pʰoŋ˧.saː˩˩˦.wa˦˥.daːn˧/(R) |
Noun
[edit]พงศาวดาร • (pong-sǎa-wá-daan)
- history:
- (if related to a monarch or monarchy: พระราช~, ราช~) chronological account of historical events: chronicle, annals, etc.
- (obsolete) branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- (obsolete) aggregate of past events
- (obsolete) historical fiction.
Proper noun
[edit]พงศาวดาร • (pong-sǎa-wá-daan)
- (biblical) Chronicles: either of two books of the Old Testament.