อุปมา

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• upamā (Latin script)
• 𑀉𑀧𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• उपमा (Devanagari script)
• উপমা (Bengali script)
• උපමා (Sinhalese script)
• ဥပမာ or ဢုပမႃ (Burmese script)
• อุปะมา (Thai script)
• ᩏᨷᨾᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຸປມາ or ອຸປະມາ (Lao script)
• ឧបមា (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄪𑄛𑄟𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

อุปมา f

1. Thai script form of upamā

Thai

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) อุประมา

Etymology

From Pali upamā (“likeness; simile; parable; example”). Cognate with Khmer ឧបមា (ʼŏbâméa), Lao ອຸປະມາ (ʼu pa mā), Burmese ဥပမာ (u.pa.ma).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		อุปมา ɒ u p m ā
Phonemic		อุบ-ปะ-มา ɒ u ɓ – p a – m ā
Romanization	Paiboon	ùp-bpà-maa
	Royal Institute	up-pa-ma
(standard) IPA(key)		/ʔup̚˨˩.pa˨˩.maː˧/(R)

Noun

อุปมา • (ùp-bpà-maa)

1. something to which an action, condition, etc, is compared, such as "dream" in "beautiful like a dream".
2. (literature) analogy; simile.

Antonyms

• อุปไมย (ùp-bpà-mai)

Derived terms

• อุปมานิทัศน์ (ùp-bpà-maa-ní-tát)
• อุปมาโวหาร

Verb

อุปมา • (ùp-bpà-maa) (abstract noun การอุปมา)

1. (elegant, literary, poetic) to compare (something to something).
2. (elegant, literary, poetic) to be compared (to something); to be like; to resemble; to be equivalent (to); to be on a par (with).