อภิบาล

Thai

Etymology

From Pali abhipāla (“protector”), from abhi (“over; upon; etc”) + pāla (“guardian; keeper; custodian; etc”), or from Sanskrit अभिपाल (abhipāla, “protector”), अभि (abhi, “over; upon; etc”) + पाल (pāla, “guardian; keeper; custodian; etc”), equivalent to อภิ +‎ บาล (baan). Cognate with Khmer អភិបាល (ʾɑɑphibaal).

Pronunciation

Orthographicอภิบาล
ɒ bʰ i ɓ ā l
Phonemicอะ-พิ-บาน
ɒ a – b i – ɓ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonà-pí-baan
Royal Institutea-phi-ban
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔa˨˩.pʰi˦˥.baːn˧/

Verb

อภิบาล • (à-pí-baan) (abstract noun การอภิบาล)

  1. to guard, to protect, to take care, to look after; to administer, to govern; to keep, to maintain.
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