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สามเณร

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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สามเณร m

  1. Thai script form of sāmaṇera

Declension

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Pali sāmaṇera (novice); perhaps via Angkorian Old Khmer sāmaṇera (novice monk). Compare Old Khmer sāmanera, samnera, saṃnera, saṃṇera, saṃmnera, saṃnœra, saṃmnœra, srāmanera; Modern Khmer សាមណេរ (saamaʼnee); Sanskrit श्रामणेर (śrāmaṇera).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicสามเณร
s ā m e ɳ r
Phonemic
สาม-มะ-เนน
s ā m – m a – e n n
RomanizationPaiboonsǎam-má-neen
Royal Institutesam-ma-nen
(standard) IPA(key)/saːm˩˩˦.ma˦˥.neːn˧/(R)

Noun

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สามเณร (sǎam-má-neen) (classifier ตน or รูป or องค์)

  1. (Buddhism) sāmaṇera: ordained male who merely observes 10 precepts, as opposed to ภิกษุ (pík-sù) who observes 227 precepts.

Usage notes

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  • The classifier ตน (dton) is archaic.
  • The classifier รูป (rûup) is formal.
  • The classifier องค์ (ong) is now considered colloquial.

Derived terms

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