พระองค์
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From พระ (prá, “prefix for gods, royal persons, and things relating to them”, literally “divine; excellent; precious; etc”) + องค์ (ong, “being; body; form; etc”); probably derived from Old Khmer braḥ ʼaṅga. Compare Modern Khmer ព្រះអង្គ (prĕəh ʼɑng); Lao ພຣະອົງ (pha ra ʼong).
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | พระองค์ b r a ɒ ŋ g ʻ | |
| Phonemic | พฺระ-อง b ̥ r a – ɒ ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | prá-ong |
| Royal Institute | phra-ong | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pʰra˦˥.ʔoŋ˧/(R) | |
Classifier edit
พระองค์ • (prá-ong)
- Classifier for gods, religious personages, high priests, royal persons. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
Noun edit
พระองค์ • (prá-ong)
- (of a god, religious personage, high priest, or royal person) body.
- an honorific for or term of address to a god, religious personage, high priest, or royal person.
Pronoun edit
พระองค์ • (prá-ong)