อภิบาล
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From Pali abhipāla (“protector”), from abhi (“over; upon; etc”) + pāla (“guardian; keeper; custodian; etc”), or from Sanskrit अभिपाल (abhipāla, idem), अभि (abhi, idem) + पाल (pāla, idem), equivalent to Thai อภิ (à-pí) + บาล (baan). Cognate with Khmer អភិបាល (ʼaʼphibaal).
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | อภิบาล ɒ bʰ i ɓ ā l | |
| Phonemic | อะ-พิ-บาน ɒ a – b i – ɓ ā n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | à-pí-baan |
| Royal Institute | a-phi-ban | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ʔa˨˩.pʰi˦˥.baːn˧/(R) | |
Verb edit
อภิบาล • (à-pí-baan) (abstract noun การอภิบาล)
- (elegant) to guard, to protect, to take care, to look after; to administer, to govern; to keep, to maintain.