ผู้พิพากษา

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From ผู้ (pûu, agent noun prefix) +‎ พิพากษา (pí-pâak-sǎa, to judge).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicผู้พิพากษา
pʰ ū ˆ b i b ā k ʂ ā
Phonemic
พู่-พิ-พาก-สา
b ū ˋ – b i – b ā k – s ā
RomanizationPaiboonpûu-pí-pâak-sǎa
Royal Institutephu-phi-phak-sa
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰuː˥˩.pʰi˦˥.pʰaːk̚˥˩.saː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun edit

ผู้พิพากษา (pûu-pí-pâak-sǎa) (classifier คน or ท่าน)

  1. judge: public officer appointed to decide cases in a court of law.

Usage notes edit

  • In the modern judicial system of Thailand, the present term only refers to the judicial officers of the courts of justice. The judicial officers of the other courts are referred to as ตุลาการ (dtù-laa-gaan).
  • A person deciding the results of a competition is called กรรมการ (gam-má-gaan) or ผู้ตัดสิน.

Synonyms edit