บุคคล

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali puggala (“person”), ultimately from Sanskrit पुद्गल (pudgala), whence Thai บุทคล (bùt-kon).

Cognate with Lao ບຸກຄົນ (buk khon), Khmer បុគ្គល (bokkŭəl).

Pronunciation

Orthographicบุคคล
ɓ u g g l
Phonemic
บุก-คน
ɓ u k – g n
[bound form]
บุก-คะ-ละ-
ɓ u k – g a – l a –
[bound form]
บุก-คน-ละ-
ɓ u k – g n – l a –
RomanizationPaiboonbùk-konbùk-ká-lá-bùk-kon-lá-
Royal Institutebuk-khonbuk-kha-la-buk-khon-la-
(standard) IPA(key)/buk̚˨˩.kʰon˧/(R)/buk̚˨˩.kʰa˦˥.la˦˥.//buk̚˨˩.kʰon˧.la˦˥./

Noun

บุคคล • (bùk-kon) (classifier บุคคล or คน)

  1. (formal) person, as natural person, legal person, etc
    Synonyms: คน (kon), ชน (chon), นร (nɔɔ-rá-), บุรุษ (bù-rùt), มนุช, มนุษย์ (má-nút), มานพ, มานุษ

Usage notes

  • One ค (kɔɔ) is often removed when the term is combined with a term beginning with อ (ɔɔ). For example, บุคคล (bùk-kon) + อากร (aa-gɔɔn) becomes บุคลากร (bùk-ká-laa-gɔɔn).

Derived terms

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