ผณิศวร

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ผเณศวร

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit फणिश्वर (phaṇiśvara, literally “lord of snakes”), from फणि (phaṇi, “snake”) + ईश्वर (īśvara, “lord; chief; ruler”), equivalent to Thai ผณิ (pà-ní) +‎ อีศวร.

Pronunciation

Orthographicผณิศวร
pʰ ɳ i ɕ w r
Phonemic
ผะ-นิ-สวน
pʰ a – n i – s w n
RomanizationPaiboonpà-ní-sǔuan
Royal Institutepha-ni-suan
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰa˨˩.ni˦˥.sua̯n˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ผณิศวร • (pà-ní-sǔuan)

  1. (elegant, literary) lord of nāgas; chief of nāgas; ruler of nāgas.
    Synonym: นาคราช
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