โหร

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Khmer hor, hora (“astrologer”); ultimately from Pali horā (“hour”) or Sanskrit होरा (horā, “hour; horoscope”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ហោរ (hao).

Pronunciation

Orthographicโหร
o h r
Phonemicโหน
o h n
RomanizationPaiboonhǒon
Royal Institutehon
(standard) IPA(key)/hoːn˩˩˦/

Noun

โหร • (hǒon) (classifier คน)

  1. astrologer.
  2. (archaic) astronomer.
  3. prophet; seer; soothsayer.
  4. magician; sorcerer.
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