กุมาร
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See also: กุมารี
Thai
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit कुमार (kumāra, “boy; child; groom; heir apparent; prince; son; young man; etc”, literally “one who easily dies”); probably via Old Khmer កុមារ៑ (kumār) or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer កុមារ (kumāra, “boy; son; youth; prince, heir apparent, crown prince (found only as a personal name, slave name, and toponym)”).
Cognate with Modern Khmer កុមារ (komaa), Lao ກຸມານ (ku mān).
Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic | กุมาร k u m ā r | ||
Phonemic | กุ-มาน k u – m ā n | [bound form] กุ-มา-ระ- k u – m ā – r a – | |
Romanization | Paiboon | gù-maan | gù-maa-rá- |
Royal Institute | ku-man | ku-ma-ra- | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /ku˨˩.maːn˧/(R) | /ku˨˩.maː˧.ra˦˥./ |
Noun
[edit]กุมาร • (gù-maan)
- (elegant) boy: male child.
- (of a royal person) (พระ, พระราช, ราช~) son, especially one who is still a boy.
- (slang) child ghost servant, created by surgically removing an unborn baby from the womb of its mother, roasting the baby until its body dries during a rite held at a graveyard, and covering the dry-roasted corpse with gold leaf. The corpse is carried by someone who believes that the ghost dwelling in it may be employed.
- (slang) any child ghost or spirit.
Synonyms
[edit]Definition 3
Derived terms
[edit]- กุมารทอง
- กุมารทันตแพทย์
- กุมารทันตศาสตร์
- กุมารแพทย์ (gù-maan-rá-pɛ̂ɛt)
- กุมารเวช
- กุมารเวชศาสตร์
- กุมารศัลยศาสตร์
- มกุฎราชกุมาร (má-gùt-râat-chá-gù-maan)
References
[edit]- Royal Society of Thailand. (2010-12-15). Gù-maan กุมาร. Retrieved: 2015-04-28.
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- Thai terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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- Thai terms borrowed from Old Khmer
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