ครู
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- garū (Latin script)
- 𑀕𑀭𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- गरू (Devanagari script)
- গরূ (Bengali script)
- ගරූ (Sinhalese script)
- ဂရူ or ၷရူ (Burmese script)
- คะรู (Thai script)
- ᨣᩁᩪ (Tai Tham script)
- ຄຣູ or ຄະຣູ (Lao script)
- គរូ (Khmer script)
- 𑄉𑄢𑄫 (Chakma script)
Adjective
ครู (garū)
- Thai script form of garū, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural masculine/neuter of ครุ (garu, “heavy”)
Noun
ครู (garū)
Thai
Etymology
From Sanskrit गुरु (guru, “teacher”). Compare Khmer គ្រូ (kruu), Lao ຄູ (khū).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ครู g r ū | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | คฺรู g ̥ r ū | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kruu |
| Royal Institute | khru | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kʰruː˧/(R) | |
Noun
ครู • (kruu) (classifier คน or ท่าน)
Synonyms
- อาจารย์ (aa-jaan)