แพศย์

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		แพศย์ æ b ɕ y ʻ
Phonemic		แพด æ b ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	pɛ̂ɛt
Romanization	Royal Institute	phaet
(standard) IPA^(key)		/pʰɛːt̚˥˩/^(R)
Homophones edit		แพทย์

Noun

แพศย์ • (pɛ̂ɛt)

(Hinduism) vaiśya: those who trade, the merchant and peasant class, being one of the four social classes in the society, the other classes being พราหมณ์ (praam, “brāhmaṇa: those who pray”), กษัตริย์ (gà-sàt, “kṣatriya: those who fight”), and ศูทร (sùut, “śūdra: those who work”).