คัมภีร์

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		คัมภีร์ g ạ m bʰ ī r ʻ
Phonemic		คำ-พี g å – b ī
Romanization	Paiboon	kam-pii
Romanization	Royal Institute	kham-phi
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kʰam˧.pʰiː˧/^(R)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Khmer កាម្ពិ (kāmbi), កាំម្ពីយ (kāṃmbīya), កំពីយ (kaṃbīya), កុំម្ពិ (kuṃmbi), កុំម្ពីយ (kuṃmbīya, “sacred text; scripture; treatise”); ultimate origin undetermined.

Cognate with Modern Khmer គម្ពីរ (kumpii).

Compare Old Khmer កាម្វិយ (kāmviya), កាំវីយ (kāṃvīya); Angkorian Old Khmer កំវី (kaṃvī), កំវិ (kaṃvi).

Noun

คัมภีร์ • (kam-pii) (classifier คัมภีร์ or เล่ม)

(religion) (พระ~) sacred text; scripture; treatise.

Proper noun

คัมภีร์ • (kam-pii)

(Christianity) (พระ~) Bible.

Synonyms

See ไบเบิล (bai-bə̂n).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali gambhīra (“deep; profound”). Compare Sanskrit गम्भीर (gambhīra) or गभीर (gabhīra).

Alternative forms

คัมภีร
คามภีร์

Adjective

คัมภีร์ • (kam-pii)

(poetic) deep; profound.

Derived terms

คัมภีรภาพ