Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Pali gotama, from Sanskrit गौतम (gautama), from which Thai เคาตมะ Lao ໂຄຕະມະ (khō ta ma) is derived.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicโคตมะ
o g t m a
Phonemic
โค-ตะ-มะ
o g – t a – m a
RomanizationPaiboonkoo-dtà-má
Royal Institutekho-ta-ma
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰoː˧.ta˨˩.maʔ˦˥/(R)

Proper noun

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โคตมะ (koo-dtà-má)

  1. (Buddhism) Gautama, the Buddha of the present age.