พรหมลิขิต
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Thai
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- พรหมเรขา (prom-má-ree-kǎa)
Etymology
[edit]From พรหม (prom, “Brahma, one of the Hindu supreme gods”) + ลิขิต (lí-kìt, “document; letter; writing”); literally "Brahma's writing"; referring to a mark traditionally believed to be written on a newborn baby's forehead by the god Brahma, specifying the future of the baby. Cognate with Khmer ព្រហ្មលិខិត (prɔɔhmɔɔlikhət) and analogous to Burmese နဖူးစာ (na.hpu:ca).
Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic | พรหมลิขิต b r h m l i kʰ i t | |
Phonemic | พฺรม-ลิ-ขิด b ̥ r m – l i – kʰ i ɗ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | prom-lí-kìt |
Royal Institute | phrom-li-khit | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /pʰrom˧.li˦˥.kʰit̚˨˩/(R) |
Noun
[edit]พรหมลิขิต • (prom-lí-kìt)