โพธิสัตว์

Thai

Etymology

โพธิ (“awakening; enlightenment”) +‎ สัตว์ (sàt, “animal; being”); perhaps via Old Khmer bodhisatva, bodhīsatva, bodhisata, bovadisatva, bovadiyasatra, bodhisattva (“bodhisattva”). Compare Modern Khmer ពោធិសត្វ (poothɨhtvɑɑ); Lao ໂພທິສັດ (phō thi sat).

Pronunciation

Orthographicโพธิสัตว์
o b dʰ i s ạ t w ʻ
Phonemicโพ-ทิ-สัด
o b – d i – s ạ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonpoo-tí-sàt
Royal Institutepho-thi-sat
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰoː˧.tʰi˦˥.sat̚˨˩/

Noun

โพธิสัตว์ • (poo-tí-sàt) (classifier พระองค์ or องค์)

  1. (Buddhism) (พระ~) bodhisattva.
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