กุมาร

Thai

Definition 3

Etymology

From Sanskrit कुमार (kumāra, “boy; child; groom; heir apparent; prince; son; young man; etc”, literally “one who easily dies”); probably via Old Khmer kumār or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer kumāra (“boy; son; youth; prince, heir apparent, crown prince (found only as a personal name, slave name, and toponym)”). Compare Modern Khmer កុមារ (komaa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกุมาร
k u m ā r
Phonemicกุ-มาน
k u – m ā n		[bound form]
กุ-มา-ระ-
k u – m ā – r a –
RomanizationPaiboongù-maangù-maa-rá-
Royal Instituteku-manku-ma-ra-
(standard) IPA(key)/ku˨˩.maːn˧//ku˨˩.maː˧.ra˦˥./

Noun

กุมาร • (gù-maan)

  1. (elegant) boy: male child.
  2. (of a royal person) (พระ, พระราช, ราช~) son.
  3. (colloquial) child ghost servant, created by surgically removing an unborn baby from the womb of its mother, roasting the baby until its body dries during a rite held at a graveyard, and covering the dry-roasted corpse with gold leaf. The corpse is carried by someone who believes that the ghost dwelling in it may be employed.
  4. (colloquial) any child ghost or spirit.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.