ปุโรหิต

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ประโรหิต, ปโรหิต (bpà-roo-hìt), เปาโรหิต, เปาโรหิตย์

Etymology

From Pali purohita (chaplain); ultimately from Sanskrit पुरोहित (purohita, domestic priest; family priest); possibly via Old Khmer or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer purohita, purohitta, pūrohita, pūrohitta (chaplain). Cognate with Modern Khmer បុរោហិត (boroohət).

Pronunciation

Orthographicปุโรหิต
puorhit
Phonemic
ปุ-โร-หิด
puorhiɗ
RomanizationPaiboonbpù-roo-hìt
Royal Institutepu-ro-hit
(standard) IPA(key)/pu˨˩.roː˧.hit̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

ปุโรหิต • (bpù-roo-hìt) (classifier คน)

  1. (historical) brahmin priest who serves as an advisor at a royal court.
  2. (biblical) priest.

Derived terms

  • ปุโรหิตาจารย์
  • พรหมปุโรหิต
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