Thai edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

Etymology edit

From พงศ์ (pong, family; genealogy) +‎ อวตาร (à-wá-dtaan, avatar: divine descent to the earth); ultimately from वंश (vaṃśa, family; dynasty; genealogy) + अवतार (avatāra, avatar); literally "avatar of (royal) family", based on the old belief that royals were gods incarnate. Cognate with Khmer ពង្សាវតារ (pɔɔngsaawtaa).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicพงศาวดาร
b ŋ ɕ ā w ɗ ā r
Phonemic
พง-สา-วะ-ดาน
b ŋ – s ā – w a – ɗ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonpong-sǎa-wá-daan
Royal Institutephong-sa-wa-dan
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰoŋ˧.saː˩˩˦.wa˦˥.daːn˧/(R)

Noun edit

พงศาวดาร (pong-sǎa-wá-daan)

  1. history:
    1. (if related to a monarch or monarchy: พระราช~, ราช~) chronological account of historical events: chronicle, annals, etc.
    2. (obsolete) branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
    3. (obsolete) aggregate of past events
  2. (obsolete) historical fiction.

Proper noun edit

พงศาวดาร (pong-sǎa-wá-daan)

  1. (biblical) Chronicles: either of two books of the Old Testament.