พระเจ้า

Thai

Etymology

พระ (prá, an honorific for or term of address to gods, priests, royals, etc, literally divine; excellent; holy; sacred; etc) + เจ้า (jâao, chief; lord; master; etc).

Pronunciation

Orthographicพระเจ้า
braet͡ɕˆā
Phonemicพฺระ-จ้าว
b̥rat͡ɕˆāw
RomanizationPaiboonprá-jâao
Royal Institutephra-chao
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰra˦˥.t͡ɕaːw˥˩/

Noun

พระเจ้า (prá-jâao)

  1. buddha:
    1. (classifiers: ตน, พระองค์, องค์) person who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment.
    2. (classifier: องค์) representation, as image, statue, etc, of a buddha.
  2. (classifiers: พระองค์, องค์) high god.
  3. (classifiers: ตน, รูป) priest.
  4. (classifiers: ตน, พระองค์, องค์) monarch; royal person.
  5. (of a god, priest, or royal person) (classifier: องค์) head; headhair.
  6. an honorific for or term of address to gods, priests, royal persons, and their representations, as images, statues, etc.

Usage notes

  • The classifier ตน (dton) is archaic.

Derived terms

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Interjection

พระเจ้า (prá-jâao)

  1. an exclamation of alarm, disbelief, pleasure, surprise, etc.

Derived terms

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