อเวจี

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit अवीचि (avīci, literally waveless: having no waves, without waves). Cognate with Old Khmer *ʼavīci, ʼavici, ʼavaci, °ʼaviciya°; Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ʼavīci°, ʼavicī°; Angkorian Old Khmer ʼavīci, ʼavicīya; Modern Khmer អវីចី (ʼaʼviicəy), ᦀᦞᦲᦈᦲ (˙ʼviiṫsii).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicอเวจี
ɒ e w t͡ɕ ī
Phonemic
อะ-เว-จี
ɒ a – e w – t͡ɕ ī
RomanizationPaiboonà-wee-jii
Royal Institutea-we-chi
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔa˨˩.weː˧.t͡ɕiː˧/(R)

Proper noun

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อเวจี (à-wee-jii)

  1. (Buddhism) (นรก~, ~นรก, ~มหานรก) one of the eight regions of the hell, being the lowest region to which the most sinful beings are sent for punishment.

See also

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