อุปมา
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
อุปมา f
- Thai script form of upamā
Thai edit
Alternative forms edit
- (obsolete) อุประมา
Etymology edit
From Pali upamā (“likeness; simile; parable; example”). Cognate with Khmer ឧបមា (ʼŏbâméa), Lao ອຸປະມາ (ʼu pa mā), Burmese ဥပမာ (u.pa.ma).
Pronunciation edit
Orthographic | อุปมา ɒ u p m ā | |
Phonemic | อุบ-ปะ-มา ɒ u ɓ – p a – m ā | |
Romanization | Paiboon | ùp-bpà-maa |
Royal Institute | up-pa-ma | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /ʔup̚˨˩.pa˨˩.maː˧/(R) |
Noun edit
อุปมา • (ùp-bpà-maa)
- something to which an action, condition, etc, is compared, such as "dream" in "beautiful like a dream".
- (literature) analogy; simile.
Antonyms edit
- อุปไมย (ùp-bpà-mai)
Derived terms edit
- อุปมานิทัศน์ (ùp-bpà-maa-ní-tát)
- อุปมาโวหาร