เมรุ

Thai edit

Mural painting depicts the mythological cosmos, with Mount Meru as the centre.

Thai Buddhist crematorium representing Mount Meru

Etymology edit

From Pali meru (“Meru, a mythological mountain”). Cognate with Lao ເມນ (mēn), Khmer មេរុ (meiruʼ), មេន (mein).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic		เมรุ e m r u
Phonemic		เมน e m n	[bound form] เมน- e m n –	[bound form] เม-รุ- e m – r u –
Romanization	Paiboon	meen	meen-	mee-rú-
Romanization	Royal Institute	men	men-	me-ru-
(standard) IPA^(key)		/meːn˧/^(R)	/meːn˧./	/meː˧.ru˦˥./
Homophones edit		เมน

Proper noun edit

เมรุ • (meen) (classifier ลูก)

(Hindu and Buddhist cosmology) Meru, the mountain that serves as the centre of the universe and the situation of the heaven ดาวดึงส์.
Synonyms: เมรุราช, สิเนรุ, สุเมรุ

Noun edit

เมรุ • (meen) (classifier เมรุ or หลัง)

crematorium built to represent Mount Meru.
(by extension) any crematorium.

Derived terms edit

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