Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

ครุ

  1. Thai script form of garu (“heavy”)

Declension edit

Noun edit

ครุ m

  1. Thai script form of garu (“teacher”)

Declension edit

Thai edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Khmer គ្រុះ (kruh). Cognate with Isan คุ, Lao ຄຸ (khu), Nyaw คุ.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicครุ
g r u
Phonemic
คฺรุ
g ̥ r u
RomanizationPaiboonkrú
Royal Institutekhru
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰruʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun edit

ครุ (krú)

  1. water bucket woven of bamboo.

Etymology 2 edit

From Pali garu (heavy, weighty; important; etc), from Sanskrit गुरु (guru, idem).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicครุ
g r u
Phonemic
คะ-รุ
g a – r u
RomanizationPaiboonká-rú
Royal Institutekha-ru
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˦˥.ruʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun edit

ครุ (ká-rú)

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Adjective edit

ครุ (ká-rú)

  1. (elegant) heavy, weighty; serious, severe; considerable, material.
  2. (elegant) stressed; accentuated.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Pali garu (teacher), from Sanskrit गुरु (guru, idem), from which Thai คุรุ (kú-rú) and ครู (kruu) are derived.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicครุ
g r u
Phonemic
คะ-รุ
g a – r u
RomanizationPaiboonká-rú
Royal Institutekha-ru
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˦˥.ruʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun edit

ครุ (ká-rú)

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Noun edit

ครุ (ká-rú)

  1. (elegant, often in combination) Synonym of ครู (kruu)
Derived terms edit