บวช

From Old Khmer បោស៑ (pos), ប្វាស៑ (pvās), or Angkorian Old Khmer ប្វស៑ (pvas), ប្វាស៑ (pvās, “to be initiated into holy orders; to enter holy orders; to be in holy orders”); extended as បំនោស៑ (paṃnos), បំន្វាស៑ (paṃnvās), ប្នោស៑ (pnos), from which Thai ผนวช (pà-nùuat) is derived. The final is also changed to ช to correspond Pali pabbajjā. Cognate with Modern Khmer បួស (buəh), Lao ບວດ (būat).

บวช • (bùuat) (abstract noun การบวช)

1. to ordain; to confer holy orders (upon); to invest with priesthood; to consecrate as a priest.
2. to be ordained; to be conferred holy orders (upon); to enter priesthood; to be or become a priest.
3. (Islam) to fast.
4. (slang and archaic) to deceive; to mislead; to victimise; to take advantage (of).
5. (slang) to convert; to transform.