มหาเถร

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Pali mahāthera, from mahā (great; grand) + thera (senior monk); perhaps via Old Khmer mahāthera, mhāthera, mathera (senior bhikkhu: title and rank of the monkhood); equivalent to Thai มหา (má-hǎa, great; grand) +‎ เถร (těen, priest having been ordained for 10 years or more). Cognate with Modern Khmer មហាថេរ (mɔɔhaathee, senior monk, especially one who has at least 10 years of seniority).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicมหาเถร
m h ā e tʰ r
Phonemic
มะ-หา-เถน
m a – h ā – e tʰ n
[bound form]
มะ-หา-เถ-ระ-
m a – h ā – e tʰ – r a –
RomanizationPaiboonmá-hǎa-těenmá-hǎa-těe-rá-
Royal Institutema-ha-thenma-ha-the-ra-
(standard) IPA(key)/ma˦˥.haː˩˩˦.tʰeːn˩˩˦/(R)/ma˦˥.haː˩˩˦.tʰeː˩˩˦.ra˦˥./

Noun

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มหาเถร (má-hǎa-těen)

  1. senior priest.
  2. chief priest.

Usage notes

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Historian Winai Phongsiphian (วินัย พงศ์ศรีเพียร) made a suggestion that the present term was once used as an ecclesiastical title for a senior priest having been ordained for 15 years at least, as distinguished from เถร (těen), referring to one that has been ordained for 10 years at least.[1]

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Phongsīphīan, Winai. (2011). Čhārưk phǭkhun rām khamhǣng จารึกพ่อขุนรามคำแหง (King Ram Khamhaeng Inscription) (in Thai). Bangkok: Office of the Basic Education Commission. Page 12.