รัตนตรัย
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Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Khmer ratnatrai, ratanatraiya (literally “triple gem”), from ratna, ratana (“gem”) + trai, traiya (“triple”); equivalent to รัตน (rát-dtà-ná-) + ตรัย (dtrai). Cognate with Modern Khmer រត្នត្រ័យ (rɔɔtnɔɔtrɨy), រត្នត្រៃ (rɔɔtnɔɔtrɨy); Lao ລັດຕະນະໄຕ (lat ta na tai).
Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic | รัตนตรัย r ạ t n t r ạ y | |
Phonemic | รัด-ตะ-นะ-ไตฺร r ạ ɗ – t a – n a – ai t ̥ r | |
Romanization | Paiboon | rát-dtà-ná-dtrai |
Royal Institute | rat-ta-na-trai | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /rat̚˦˥.ta˨˩.na˦˥.traj˧/(R) |
Proper noun
[edit]รัตนตรัย • (rát-dtà-ná-dtrai) (classifier องค์)
- (Buddhism) (พระ~, พระศรี~) Triple Gem: the three main elements of Buddhism, that is, Gautama Buddha, his teachings, and his clergy.