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อุปัชฌาย์

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Pali upajjhāya (spiritual teacher; spiritual preceptor, literally one who is gone close up to). Cognate with Modern Khmer ឧបជ្ឈាយ៍ (ʼupacchiə). Compare Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicอุปัชฌาย์
ɒ u p ạ d͡ʑ d͡ʑʰ ā y ʻ
Phonemic
อุ-ปัด-ชา
ɒ u – p ạ ɗ – d͡ʑ ā
อุบ-ปัด-ชา
ɒ u ɓ – p ạ ɗ – d͡ʑ ā
RomanizationPaiboonù-bpàt-chaaùp-bpàt-chaa
Royal Instituteu-pat-chaup-pat-cha
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔu˨˩.pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕʰaː˧/(R)/ʔup̚˨˩.pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕʰaː˧/(R)

Noun

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อุปัชฌาย์ (ù-bpàt-chaa) (classifier รูป or องค์ or ตน)

  1. (Buddhism) (พระ~) priest who presides over or administers an ordination

Derived terms

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