ปุโรหิต

Thai

Alternative forms

• ประโรหิต, ปโรหิต (bpà-roo-hìt), เปาโรหิต, เปาโรหิตย์

Etymology

From Pali purohita (“chaplain”); ultimately from Sanskrit पुरोहित (purohita, “domestic priest; family priest”); possibly via Old Khmer or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer purohita, purohitta, pūrohita, pūrohitta (“chaplain”). Cognate with Modern Khmer បុរោហិត (boroohət).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ปุโรหิต p u o r h i t
Phonemic		ปุ-โร-หิด p u – o r – h i ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	bpù-roo-hìt
	Royal Institute	pu-ro-hit
(standard) IPA(key)		/pu˨˩.roː˧.hit̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

ปุโรหิต • (bpù-roo-hìt) (classifier คน)

1. (historical) brahmin priest who serves as an advisor at a royal court.
2. (biblical) priest.

Derived terms

• ปุโรหิตาจารย์
• พรหมปุโรหิต