ไตรปิฎก

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer traipīṭaka, traiyapīttaka (literally Three Baskets), from trai, traiya (three) + pīṭaka, pīttaka (basket); equivalent to Thai ไตร (dtrai) +‎ ปิฎก. Cognate with Modern Khmer ត្រៃបិដក (traybedɑɑk). Compare Sanskrit त्रिपिटक (tripiṭaka), from which Thai ตรีปิฎก is derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographicไตรปิฎก
ai t r p i ᶑ k
Phonemic
ไตฺร-ปิ-ดก
ai t ̥ r – p i – ɗ k
RomanizationPaiboondtrai-bpì-dòk
Royal Institutetrai-pi-dok
(standard) IPA(key)/traj˧.pi˨˩.dok̚˨˩/(R)

Proper noun

ไตรปิฎก • (dtrai-bpì-dòk)

  1. (Buddhism) (พระ~) the canon Tripiṭaka.