สมเด็จพระราชาคณะ

Thai

Etymology

From สมเด็จ (sǒm-dèt, “honorific for gods, priests, royals, etc”, literally “condition of being supreme in status or power”) +‎ พระ (prá, “honorific for gods, priests, royals, etc”, literally “distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc”) +‎ ราชาคณะ (raa-chaa-ká-ná, “ecclesiastical rank”, literally “entity chief”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		สมเด็จพระราชาคณะ s m e ɗ ˘ t͡ɕ b r a r ā d͡ʑ ā g ɳ a
Phonemic		สม-เด็ด-พฺระ-รา-ชา-คะ-นะ s m – e ɗ ˘ ɗ – b ̥ r a – r ā – d͡ʑ ā – g a – n a
Romanization	Paiboon	sǒm-dèt-prá-raa-chaa-ká-ná
	Royal Institute	som-det-phra-ra-cha-kha-na
(standard) IPA(key)		/som˩˩˦.det̚˨˩.pʰra˦˥.raː˧.t͡ɕʰaː˧.kʰa˦˥.naʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun

สมเด็จพระราชาคณะ • (sǒm-dèt-prá-raa-chaa-ká-ná)

1. (Buddhism)
   1. the second highest Thai ecclesiastical rank after สังฆราช (sǎng-ká-râat, “supreme patriarch”), being the highest sub-rank of ราชาคณะ (raa-chaa-ká-ná).
   2. person holding such rank.