จิตรกร

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चित्रकर (citrakara, “painter”). By surface analysis, จิตร (jìt, “drawing, painting”) +‎ กร (gɔɔn, “doer”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		จิตรกร t͡ɕ i t r k r
Phonemic		จิด-ตฺระ-กอน t͡ɕ i ɗ – t ̥ r a – k ɒ n
Romanization	Paiboon	jìt-dtrà-gɔɔn
	Royal Institute	chit-tra-kon
(standard) IPA(key)		/t͡ɕit̚˨˩.tra˨˩.kɔːn˧/(R)

Noun

จิตรกร • (jìt-dtrà-gɔɔn) (classifier คน)

1. painter, artist

Further reading

• “จิตรกร” 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.