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อาจารย์

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, “teacher; preceptor”); perhaps via Old Khmer ʼācāryya, ʼācārya (“teacher, instructor; spiritual preceptor; expert”). Cognate with Modern Khmer អាចារ្យ (ʼaacaa), អាចរិយ (ʼaacaʼreyaʼ); Lao ອາຈານ (ʼā chān).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicอาจารย์
ɒ ā t͡ɕ ā r y ʻ
Phonemic
อา-จาน
ɒ ā – t͡ɕ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonaa-jaan
Royal Institutea-chan
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaː˧.t͡ɕaːn˧/(R)
Homophonesอาจาร

Noun

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อาจารย์ • (aa-jaan) (classifier คน or ท่าน)

  1. teacher: one who teaches, especially as a profession.
  2. (education, law)
    1. instructor: teacher in a higher education institution who ranks below assistant professor.
    2. used as a rank for such person. Abbreviation: อ. (ɔɔ)
  3. (colloquial) teacher in a higher education institution, irrespective of the rank.
  4. (colloquial) expert; specialist.
  5. religious teacher; spiritual preceptor.
  6. (slang) master of the occult or black magic, as sorcerer, shaman, exorcist, etc.
  7. used as a term of address to or title for such person, and used by such person to refer to oneself.

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