ปุโรหิต

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ประโรหิต, ปโรหิต (bpà-roo-hìt), เปาโรหิต, เปาโรหิตย์

Etymology

From Pali purohita (“chaplain”); ultimately from Sanskrit पुरोहित (purohita, “domestic priest; family priest”); possibly via Old Khmer or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer purohita, purohitta, pūrohita, pūrohitta (“chaplain”). Cognate with Modern Khmer បុរោហិត (boroohət).

Pronunciation

Orthographicปุโรหิต
p u o r h i t
Phonemic
ปุ-โร-หิด
p u – o r – h i ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonbpù-roo-hìt
Royal Institutepu-ro-hit
(standard) IPA(key)/pu˨˩.roː˧.hit̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

ปุโรหิต • (bpù-roo-hìt) (classifier คน)

  1. (historical) brahmin priest who serves as an advisor at a royal court.
  2. (biblical) priest.

Derived terms

  • ปุโรหิตาจารย์
  • พรหมปุโรหิต
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