บพิตร

Thai

Alternative forms
  • ปวิตร, ประวิตร

Etymology

From Old Khmer pabitra, pabita, pabida, pubitra, pubita, pubītra, pubvitra, pūbitra, pūbita (“epithet of members of royalty and ranking ecclesiastics; honorific following names of royalty and ranking ecclesiastics”); ultimately from Sanskrit पवित्र (pavitra, “pure, sinless, holy, saintly; beneficent; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer បពិត្រ (bɑpɨt). Compare Pali pavitta.

Pronunciation
Orthographicบพิตร
ɓ b i t r
Phonemic
บอ-พิด
ɓ ɒ – b i ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonbɔɔ-pít
Royal Institutebo-phit
(standard) IPA(key)/bɔː˧.pʰit̚˦˥/(R)
Homophonesบพิธ

Noun

บพิตร • (bɔɔ-pít)

  1. an epithet of, honorific for, or term of address to gods, high priests, and royal persons.

Pronoun

บพิตร • (bɔɔ-pít)

  1. a second or third person pronoun, used by priests to address royal persons.

Derived terms
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