ผณิศวร

Thai

Alternative forms

• ผเณศวร

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit फणिश्वर (phaṇiśvara, literally “lord of snakes”), from फणि (phaṇi, “snake”) + ईश्वर (īśvara, “lord; chief; ruler”), equivalent to Thai ผณิ (pà-ní) +‎ อีศวร.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ผณิศวร pʰ ɳ i ɕ w r
Phonemic		ผะ-นิ-สวน pʰ a – n i – s w n
Romanization	Paiboon	pà-ní-sǔuan
	Royal Institute	pha-ni-suan
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰa˨˩.ni˦˥.sua̯n˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ผณิศวร • (pà-ní-sǔuan)

1. (elegant, literary) lord of nāgas; chief of nāgas; ruler of nāgas.

   Synonym: นาคราช