กุมาร

See also: กุมารี

Thai

Definition 3

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• กุมารา
• กุมารี (gù-maa-rii)
• โกมาร

 

Etymology

From Sanskrit कुमार (kumāra, “boy; child; groom; heir apparent; prince; son; young man; etc”, literally “one who easily dies”); probably via Old Khmer កុមារ៑ (kumār) or . Cognate with Modern Khmer កុមារ (komaa).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กุมาร k u m ā r
Phonemic		กุ-มาน k u – m ā n	[bound form] กุ-มา-ระ- k u – m ā – r a –
Romanization	Paiboon	gù-maan	gù-maa-rá-
	Royal Institute	ku-man	ku-ma-ra-
(standard) IPA(key)		/ku˨˩.maːn˧/(R)	/ku˨˩.maː˧.ra˦˥./

Noun

กุมาร • (gù-maan)

1. (elegant) boy: male child.
2. (of a royal person) (พระ, พระราช, ราช~) son, especially one who is still a boy.
3. (slang) child ghost servant, created by surgically removing an unborn baby from the womb of its mother, roasting the baby until its body dries during a rite held at a graveyard, and covering the dry-roasted corpse with gold leaf. The corpse is carried by someone who believes that the ghost dwelling in it may be employed.
4. (slang) any child ghost or spirit.

References

• Royal Society of Thailand. (2010-12-15). Gù-maan กุมาร. Retrieved: 2015-04-28.