องค์

Thai

Etymology

From Pali aṅga (constituent; factor; member; part) or Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, body; component; constituent; limb; etc); perhaps via Old Khmer ʼaṅga, ʼaṅa, ʼã (member, part; article, item, thing; body, person). Cognate with Lao ອົງ (ʼong). Compare Modern Khmer អង្គ (ʼɑng).

Pronunciation

Orthographicองค์
ɒ ŋ g ʻ
Phonemic
อง
ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonong
Royal Instituteong
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔoŋ˧/(R)
Homophones
 
อง
องก์
องศ์

Noun

องค์ • (ong)

  1. (of a god, high priest, or royal person) body; form.
  2. used as an honorific for or term of address to:
    1. gods, high priests, and royal persons, as well as things and beings relating to them.
    2. religious or sacred objects.
  3. (slang)
    1. psychic ability or power.
      มันมี
      man mii ong
      He's psychic! — (literally) He has ong!
    2. supernatural being.
      ลง
      ong long
      A spirit has descended [into the body of a medium].
      ประทับร่าง
      ong bprà-táp râang
      A spirit is possessing the body [of a medium].
  4. body; embodiment.
    ความรู้
    ong kwaam-rúu
    Body of knowledge
  5. component; constituent; element.

Classifier

องค์ • (ong)

  1. Classifier for gods, high priests, and royal persons, as well as things and beings relating to them. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
  2. Classifier for religious or sacred objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
  3. (colloquial) Classifier for priests. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier