Thai edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Pali puñña (good; merit); perhaps via Old Khmer punya, pūnya, punye, puṇa, puna, pūna, °pana (good or pious work; act of merit; merit; ceremony, rite, service; festival). Cognate with Lao ບຸນ (bun), ᦢᦳᧃ (ḃun), Khmer បុញ្ញ (boññɔɔ), Burmese ပုည (pu.nya.).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicบุญ
ɓ u ɲ
Phonemic
บุน
ɓ u n
[bound form]
บุน-
ɓ u n –
[bound form]
บุน-ยะ-
ɓ u n – y a –
RomanizationPaiboonbunbun-bun-yá-
Royal Institutebunbun-bun-ya-
(standard) IPA(key)/bun˧/(R)/bun˧.//bun˧.ja˦˥./

Noun edit

บุญ (bun)

  1. delight; happiness.
  2. (religion) merit.
  3. (religion) favourable outcome of a good deed done in one's previous life.
  4. goodness; moral excellence; virtue.
  5. favour; kindness; mercy.
  6. (dialect) religious ceremony or festival, especially one involving merriment or the making of merit.

Usage notes edit

When บุญ- affixes to อ-/อา- words, it becomes บุญญ-.

Derived terms edit