ทิด

Thai

Etymology

Believed to be a clipping of Pali paṇḍita (“wise man; learned man; scholar”) or Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, idem), from which Thai บัณฑิต (ban-dìt) is derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer បណ្ឌិត (bɑndɨt, “former monk”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ทิด d i ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	tít
	Royal Institute	thit
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰit̚˦˥/(R)
Homophones edit		ทิช ทิต ทิศ

Noun

ทิด • (tít) (classifier คน)

1. (Buddhism, informal) former priest; also used as a title for or term of address to a former priest.

Related terms

• น้อย (nɔ́ɔi)
• หนาน