คัมภีร์

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicคัมภีร์
g ạ m bʰ ī r ʻ
Phonemicคำ-พี
g å – b ī
RomanizationPaiboonkam-pii
Royal Institutekham-phi
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰam˧.pʰiː˧/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Khmer kāmbi, kāṃmbīya, kaṃbīya, kuṃmbi, kuṃmbīya (“sacred text; scripture; treatise”); ultimate origin undetermined.

Cognate with Modern Khmer គម្ពីរ (kumpii).

Compare Old Khmer kāmviya, kāṃvīya; Angkorian Old Khmer kaṃvī, kaṃvi.

Noun

คัมภีร์ • (kam-pii)

  1. (พระ~) sacred text; scripture; treatise.

Proper noun

คัมภีร์ • (kam-pii)

  1. (Christianity) (พระ~) Bible.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali gambhīra (“deep; profound”).

Adjective

คัมภีร์ • (kam-pii)

  1. (elegant) deep; profound.
Derived terms
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