เมรุ
Thai
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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 | เมน |
Proper noun
เมรุ • (meen) (classifier ลูก)
- (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)
- crematorium built to represent Mount Meru.
- (by extension) any crematorium.
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- Thai terms borrowed from Pali
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- Rhymes:Thai/eːn
- Thai terms with homophones
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- Thai 1-syllable words
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- Thai prefixes
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- Thai proper nouns
- Thai nouns classified by ลูก
- th:Cosmology
- Thai nouns
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- th:Hinduism
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- th:Funeral
- th:Buildings
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- th:Mythology