อุปมา

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

upamā (Latin script)
𑀉𑀧𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
उपमा (Devanagari script)
উপমা (Bengali script)
උපමා (Sinhalese script)
ဥပမာ or ဢုပမႃ (Burmese script)
อุปะมา (Thai script)
ᩏᨷᨾᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ອຸປມາ or ອຸປະມາ (Lao script)
ឧបមា (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄪𑄛𑄟𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

อุปมา f

Thai script form of upamā

Thai

Alternative forms

(obsolete) อุประมา

Etymology

From Pali upamā (“likeness; simile; parable; example”). Cognate with Khmer ឧបមា (ʼŏbâméa), Lao ອຸປະມາ (ʼu pa mā), Burmese ဥပမာ (u.pa.ma).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		อุปมา ɒ u p m ā
Phonemic		อุบ-ปะ-มา ɒ u ɓ – p a – m ā
Romanization	Paiboon	ùp-bpà-maa
Romanization	Royal Institute	up-pa-ma
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ʔup̚˨˩.pa˨˩.maː˧/^(R)

Noun

อุปมา • (ùp-bpà-maa)

something to which an action, condition, etc, is compared, such as "dream" in "beautiful like a dream".
(literature) analogy; simile.

Antonyms

อุปไมย (ùp-bpà-mai)

Derived terms

อุปมานิทัศน์ (ùp-bpà-maa-ní-tát)
อุปมาโวหาร

Verb

อุปมา • (ùp-bpà-maa) (abstract noun การอุปมา)

(elegant, literary, poetic) to compare (something to something).
(elegant, literary, poetic) to be compared (to something); to be like; to resemble; to be equivalent (to); to be on a par (with).