โหร

Thai

Alternative forms

• โหรา (hǒo-raa)

Etymology

From Old Khmer ហោរ៑ (hor), ហោរ (hora, “astrologer”); ultimately from Pali horā (“hour”) or Sanskrit होरा (horā, “hour; horoscope”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ហោរ (hao), Burmese ဟူးရား (hu:ra:), Mon ဟောရာ, Lao ໂຫນ (nō), ໂຫຣະ (ro), ໂຫລາ, ຫູຮາ (hū hā).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		โหร o h r
Phonemic		โหน o h n
Romanization	Paiboon	hǒon
	Royal Institute	hon
(standard) IPA(key)		/hoːn˩˩˦/(R)
Homophones edit		โหน

Noun

โหร • (hǒon) (classifier คน)

1. astrologer.
2. (archaic) astronomer.
3. (often colloquial) prophet, seer, soothsayer; magician, sorcerer.