รัตนตรัย

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer ratnatrai, ratanatraiya (literally “triple gem”), from ratna, ratana (“gem”) + trai, traiya (“triple”); equivalent to รัตน (rát-dtà-ná-) +‎ ตรัย (dtrai). Cognate with Modern Khmer រត្នត្រ័យ (rɔɔtnɔɔtrɨy), រត្នត្រៃ (rɔɔtnɔɔtrɨy); Lao ລັດຕະນະໄຕ (lat ta na tai).

Pronunciation
Orthographicรัตนตรัย
r ạ t n t r ạ y
Phonemic
รัด-ตะ-นะ-ไตฺร
r ạ ɗ – t a – n a – ai t ̥ r
RomanizationPaiboonrát-dtà-ná-dtrai
Royal Instituterat-ta-na-trai
(standard) IPA(key)/rat̚˦˥.ta˨˩.na˦˥.traj˧/(R)

Proper noun

รัตนตรัย • (rát-dtà-ná-dtrai) (classifier องค์)

  1. (Buddhism) (พระ~, พระศรี~) Triple Gem: the three main elements of Buddhism, that is, Gautama Buddha, his teachings, and his clergy.

Synonyms
  • แก้วสามประการ
  • ตรีรัตน์
  • เตรัตน์
  • ไตรรัตน์
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