Thai

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Mural painting depicts the mythological cosmos, with Mount Meru as the centre.
 
Thai Buddhist crematorium representing Mount Meru

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเมรุ
e m r u
Phonemic
เมน
e m n
[bound form]
เมน-
e m n –
[bound form]
เม-รุ-
e m – r u –
RomanizationPaiboonmeenmeen-mee-rú-
Royal Institutemenmen-me-ru-
(standard) IPA(key)/meːn˧/(R)/meːn˧.//meː˧.ru˦˥./
Homophonesเมน

Proper noun

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เมรุ (meen) (classifier ลูก)

  1. (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

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เมรุ (meen) (classifier เมรุ or หลัง)

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

Derived terms

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