อุปัชฌาย์
Appearance
Thai
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Orthographic | อุปัชฌาย์ 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 | |
Romanization | Paiboon | ù-bpàt-chaa | ùp-bpàt-chaa |
Royal Institute | u-pat-cha | up-pat-cha | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /ʔu˨˩.pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕʰaː˧/(R) | /ʔup̚˨˩.pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕʰaː˧/(R) |
Noun
[edit]อุปัชฌาย์ • (ù-bpàt-chaa) (classifier รูป or องค์ or ตน)
- (Buddhism) (พระ~) priest who presides over or administers an ordination