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กุมาร

(Redirected from ราชกุมาร)
See also: กุมารี

Thai edit

 
Definition 3

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit कुमार (kumāra, “boy; child; groom; heir apparent; prince; son; young man; etc”, literally “one who easily dies”); probably via Old Khmer កុមារ៑ (kumār) or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer កុមារ (kumāra, “boy; son; youth; prince, heir apparent, crown prince (found only as a personal name, slave name, and toponym)”).

Cognate with Modern Khmer កុមារ (komaa), Lao ກຸມານ (ku mān).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicกุมาร
k u m ā r
Phonemic
กุ-มาน
k u – m ā n
[bound form]
กุ-มา-ระ-
k u – m ā – r a –
RomanizationPaiboongù-maangù-maa-rá-
Royal Instituteku-manku-ma-ra-
(standard) IPA(key)/ku˨˩.maːn˧/(R)/ku˨˩.maː˧.ra˦˥./

Noun edit

กุมาร • (gù-maan)

  1. (elegant) boy: male child.
  2. (of a royal person) (พระ, พระราช, ราช~) son, especially one who is still a boy.
  3. (slang) child ghost servant, created by surgically removing an unborn baby from the womb of its mother, roasting the baby until its body dries during a rite held at a graveyard, and covering the dry-roasted corpse with gold leaf. The corpse is carried by someone who believes that the ghost dwelling in it may be employed.
  4. (slang) any child ghost or spirit.

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Definition 3

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