ผู้พิพากษา

Thai

Etymology

From ผู้ (pûu, “agent noun prefix”) +‎ พิพากษา (pí-pâak-sǎa, “to judge”); literally "one who judges".

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ผู้พิพากษา pʰ ū ˆ b i b ā k ʂ ā
Phonemic		พู่-พิ-พาก-สา b ū ˋ – b i – b ā k – s ā
Romanization	Paiboon	pûu-pí-pâak-sǎa
	Royal Institute	phu-phi-phak-sa
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰuː˥˩.pʰi˦˥.pʰaːk̚˥˩.saː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ผู้พิพากษา • (pûu-pí-pâak-sǎa) (classifier คน)

1. judge: judicial officer.

Usage notes

In the modern judicial system of Thailand, the present term only refers to a judicial officer at a court of justice. A judicial officer at any other court is referred to as ตุลาการ (dtù-laa-gaan). Thai judicial officers, irrespective of their courts, are formally called ข้าราชการตุลาการ (kâa-râat-chá-gaan-dtù-laa-gaan).