Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Pali sumedha (wise; intelligent; etc), from Sanskrit सुमेधस् (sumedhas, idem).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicสุเมธ
s u e m dʰ
Phonemic
สุ-เมด
s u – e m ɗ
[bound form]
สุ-เม-ทะ-
s u – e m – d a –
RomanizationPaiboonsù-mêetsù-mee-tá-
Royal Institutesu-metsu-me-tha-
(standard) IPA(key)/su˨˩.meːt̚˥˩/(R)/su˨˩.meː˧.tʰa˦˥./

Noun edit

สุเมธ (sù-mêet)

  1. (elegant, poetic) wise man; learned man; sage; scholar.

Proper noun edit

สุเมธ (sù-mêet)

  1. (Buddhism) Sumedha, one of the ancient Buddhas.