ผู้พิพากษา
Thai
Etymology
From ผู้ (pûu, agent noun prefix) + พิพากษา (pí-pâak-sǎa, “to judge”).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ผู้พิพากษา pʰ ū ˆ b i b ā k ʂ ā | |
| Phonemic | พู่-พิ-พาก-สา b ū ˋ – b i – b ā k – s ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | pûu-pí-pâak-sǎa |
| Royal Institute | phu-phi-phak-sa | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pʰuː˥˩.pʰi˦˥.pʰaːk̚˥˩.saː˩˩˦/(R) | |
Noun
ผู้พิพากษา • (pûu-pí-pâak-sǎa) (classifier คน)
- judge: public officer appointed to decide cases in a court of law.
Usage notes
- In the modern judicial system of Thailand, the present term only refers to the judicial officers of the courts of justice. The judicial officers of the other courts are referred to as ตุลาการ (dtù-laa-gaan).
- A person deciding the results of a competition is called กรรมการ (gam-má-gaan) or ผู้ตัดสิน.