ประเสริฐ

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Thai

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Etymology

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Possibly from Sanskrit प्रश्रेष्ठ (praśreṣṭha, literally very excellent); perhaps via Old Khmer praseṭṭha, prasœra, prasergga (excellent; magnificent; superb). Compare Modern Khmer ប្រសើរ (prɑsaə), Pali paseṭṭha.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicประเสริฐ
p r a e s r i ʈʰ
Phonemic
ปฺระ-เสิด
p ̥ r a – e s i ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonbprà-sə̀ət
Royal Institutepra-soet
(standard) IPA(key)/pra˨˩.sɤːt̚˨˩/(R)

Adjective

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ประเสริฐ (bprà-sə̀ət) (abstract noun ความประเสริฐ)

  1. (elegant) best, excellent, magnificent, superb; precious; valuable.

Proper noun

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ประเสริฐ (bprà-sə̀ət)

  1. a male given name from Sanskrit