อุปัชฌาย

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Pali upajjhāya (spiritual teacher; spiritual preceptor, literally one who is gone close up to). Compare Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicอุปัชฌาย
ɒ u p ạ d͡ʑ d͡ʑʰ ā y
Phonemic
[bound form]
อุ-ปัด-ชา-ยะ-
ɒ u – p ạ ɗ – d͡ʑ ā – y a –
[bound form]
อุบ-ปัด-ชา-ยะ-
ɒ u ɓ – p ạ ɗ – d͡ʑ ā – y a –
RomanizationPaiboonù-bpàt-chaa-yá-ùp-bpàt-chaa-yá-
Royal Instituteu-pat-cha-ya-up-pat-cha-ya-
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔu˨˩.pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕʰaː˧.ja˦˥.//ʔup̚˨˩.pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕʰaː˧.ja˦˥./

Noun edit

อุปัชฌาย (ù-bpàt-chaa-yá-)

  1. (Buddhism, chiefly in combination) Alternative form of อุปัชฌาย์ (ù-bpàt-chaa)