มายา

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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มายา f

  1. Thai script form of māyā
  2. Thai script (without implicit vowels) form of māyā

Thai

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Etymology

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From Pali māyā (jugglery; magic, sorcery, witchcraft; illusion; vision; etc) or Sanskrit माया (māyā, idem); possibly via Old Khmer māya (deception, fraud; unreality; pretence; illusion; etc). Cognate with Modern Khmer មាយា (miəyiə). Extended as Thai มารยา (maan-yaa, pretence, acting; craft, cunning; etc).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicมายา
m ā y ā
Phonemic
มา-ยา
m ā – y ā
RomanizationPaiboonmaa-yaa
Royal Institutema-ya
(standard) IPA(key)/maː˧.jaː˧/(R)

Noun

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มายา (maa-yaa)

  1. (elegant) deception, deceit, fraud, fraudulence; fallacy, falsehood, unreality, untruth.
  2. (elegant) magic; witchcraft; sorcery.
  3. (elegant) illusion; delusion.
  4. (elegant) trick; trickery; wile; ruse; artifice.
  5. (elegant, figurative) dream; vision.

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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มายา (maa-yaa)

  1. (Buddhism) (มหา~, สิริมหา~) Māyā, a queen of the Śākya Kingdom, the biological mother of the Buddha.