อุปัชฌา

Thai edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Old Khmer oppachā (teacher, master, pedagogue); ultimately from Pali upajjhāya (spiritual teacher; spiritual preceptor, literally one who is gone close up to). Compare Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya), from which Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer upādhyāya and upāddhyāya were from.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicอุปัชฌา
ɒ u p ạ d͡ʑ d͡ʑʰ ā
Phonemic
อุ-ปัด-ชา
ɒ u – p ạ ɗ – d͡ʑ ā
อุบ-ปัด-ชา
ɒ u ɓ – p ạ ɗ – d͡ʑ ā
RomanizationPaiboonù-bpàt-chaaùp-bpàt-chaa
Royal Instituteu-pat-chaup-pat-cha
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔu˨˩.pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕʰaː˧/(R)/ʔup̚˨˩.pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕʰaː˧/(R)

Noun edit

อุปัชฌา (ù-bpàt-chaa) (classifier รูป or ตน or องค์)

  1. (Buddhism, archaic) (พระ~) Alternative form of อุปัชฌาย์ (ù-bpàt-chaa)

Derived terms edit