ผู้ปกครอง

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Etymology edit

From ผู้ (pûu, agent noun prefix) +‎ ปกครอง (bpòk-krɔɔng, to rule, to govern, to administer; to guard, to protect).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicผู้ปกครอง
pʰ ū ˆ p k g r ɒ ŋ
Phonemic
พู่-ปก-คฺรอง
b ū ˋ – p k – g ̥ r ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonpûu-bpòk-krɔɔng
Royal Institutephu-pok-khrong
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰuː˥˩.pok̚˨˩.kʰrɔːŋ˧/(R)

Noun edit

ผู้ปกครอง (pûu-bpòk-krɔɔng) (classifier คน)

  1. ruler, governor, administrator; guardian, protector.
  2. person in charge of another, as parent for his or her child.
    สมาคมครูผู้ปกครอง
    sà-maa-kom kruu pûu-bpòk-krɔɔng
    Parent–teacher association
  3. (law) guardian (of a minor); probably first used officially on 11 November 1923, when the first book of the Civil and Commercial Code was promulgated.

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