พรรษา

• วรรษ (wát), พรรษ (pát), วรรษา

From Sanskrit वर्षा (varṣā, “rainy season”); perhaps via Angkorian Old Khmer barṣā (“rainy season; Lenten season (in Buddhism); year of age, age; etc”). Cognate with Old Khmer barṣa, varṣa, varṣā, from which Thai พรรษ (pát), วรรษ (wát), วรรษา are perhaps derived. Compare Pali vassa, from which Thai วัสสะ is derived.

พรรษา • (pan-sǎa)

1. (elegant) rainy season; wet season.
2. (Buddhism)
   1. Lenten season: the period of three months during the rainy season, usually from July to October, during which priests are required to remain in one place.
   2. tenure of a priest, often expressed in years.

      บวชสามพรรษา

      bùuat sǎam pan-sǎa

      to [have been] ordained [for] three years

3. (of a god, high priest, or royal person) (พระ~) year of age; age.
4. (elegant) year.
5. (figurative) experience; seniority.