โพธิสัตว์

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicโพธิสัตว์
o b dʰ i s ạ t w ʻ
Phonemic
โพ-ทิ-สัด
o b – d i – s ạ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonpoo-tí-sàt
Royal Institutepho-thi-sat
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰoː˧.tʰi˦˥.sat̚˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva, “bodhisattva”, literally “enlightened being”), from बोधि (bodhi, “enlightened; enlightened intellect”) + सत्त्व (sattva, “being; creature”); possibly via Old Khmer bodhisatva (“idem”); equivalent to Thai โพธิ +‎ สัตว์ (sàt). Cognate with Modern Khmer ពោធិសត្វ (poothisat); Lao ໂພທິສັດ (phō thi sat).

Noun

โพธิสัตว์ • (poo-tí-sàt) (classifier พระองค์ or องค์)

  1. (Buddhism) (พระ~) bodhisattva.

Etymology 2

From corruption of Khmer ពោធិ៍សាត់ (poosat).

Proper noun

โพธิสัตว์ • (poo-tí-sàt)

  1. (จังหวัด~) Pursat (a province of Cambodia)
  2. (เมือง~) Pursat (a city in Cambodia)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.