Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Pali sambhāra (literally to bring together) or Sanskrit सम्भार (sambhāra, literally to bring together; to collect); perhaps via Old Khmer saṃbhāra, °saṃmbhāra (conditions prerequisite to enlightenment, especially the accumulation of merit; collection, accumulation; provision, materials, necessaries, requisites, equipment; property, wealth; etc). Cognate with Thai สัมภาระ (sǎm-paa-rá); Modern Khmer សម្ភារ (sɑmphiə).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicสมภาร
s m bʰ ā r
Phonemic
สม-พาน
s m – b ā n
[bound form]
สม-พา-ระ-
s m – b ā – r a –
RomanizationPaiboonsǒm-paansǒm-paa-rá-
Royal Institutesom-phansom-pha-ra-
(standard) IPA(key)/som˩˩˦.pʰaːn˧/(R)/som˩˩˦.pʰaː˧.ra˦˥./

Noun edit

สมภาร (sǒm-paan)

  1. (Buddhism) accumulated merits or virtues, prerequisite for becoming a buddha.
  2. (of a monarch) (พระราช~) merit, virtue; authority, influence, domain of power, dominion, domination, jurisdiction.
  3. (พระราช~) a term of address to a monarch, now often employed by a priest.
  4. (now colloquial) abbot: ordained chief of a monastery.

Derived terms edit

Pronoun edit

สมภาร (sǒm-paan)

  1. (พระราช~) a second person or third person pronoun used to address a monarch, now often employed by a priest.