เมรุ

Thai

Mural painting depicts the mythological cosmos, with Mount Meru as the centre.

Thai Buddhist crematorium representing Mount Meru

Etymology

From Pali meru (“Meru, a mythological mountain”). Cognate with Khmer មេរុ (meiruʼ), មេន (mein).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เมรุ e m r u
Phonemic		เมน e m n	[bound form] เมน- e m n –	[bound form] เม-รุ- e m – r u –
Romanization	Paiboon	meen	meen-	mee-rú-
	Royal Institute	men	men-	me-ru-
(standard) IPA(key)		/meːn˧/(R)	/meːn˧./	/meː˧.ru˦˥./
Homophones edit		เมน

Proper noun

เมรุ • (meen) (classifier ลูก)

1. (Hindu and Buddhist cosmology) Meru, the mountain that serves as the centre of the universe and the situation of the heaven ดาวดึงส์.

Noun

เมรุ • (meen) (classifier เมรุ or หลัง)

1. crematorium built to represent Mount Meru.
2. (by extension) any crematorium.