เทวรูป

Thai

Etymology

From Pali devarūpa, from deva (“divine”) + rūpa (“form; figure”), or from Sanskrit देवरूपा (devarūpā), from देव (deva, “divine”) + रूप (rūpa, “form; figure”), equivalent to Thai เทว (teeo) +‎ รูป (rûup). Cognate with Modern Khmer ទេវរូប (teiwruup).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เทวรูป e d w r ū p
Phonemic		เท-วะ-รูบ e d – w a – r ū ɓ
Romanization	Paiboon	tee-wá-rûup
	Royal Institute	the-wa-rup
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰeː˧.wa˦˥.ruːp̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

เทวรูป • (tee-wá-rûup) (classifier พระองค์ or องค์)

1. divine representation: image of a deity, statue of a deity, etc.