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ครู

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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ครู (garū)

  1. Thai script form of garū, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural masculine/neuter of ครุ (garu, heavy)

Noun

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ครู (garū)

  1. Thai script form of garū, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural of ครุ (garu, teacher)

Thai

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit गुरु (gurú, teacher). Compare Khmer គ្រូ (kruu), Lao ຄູ (khū). Doublet of บาร์ (baa), though only in the "pressure unit" sense.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicครู
g r ū
Phonemic
คฺรู
g ̥ r ū
RomanizationPaiboonkruu
Royal Institutekhru
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰruː˧/(R)

Noun

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ครู (kruu) (classifier คน or ท่าน)

  1. teacher; schoolteacher; instructor
    ครูคนนี้ให้การบ้านเยอะจัง
    kruu kon níi hâi gaan-bâan yə́ jang
    This teacher gives a lot of homework.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ครู” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.