Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicแพศย์
æ b ɕ y ʻ
Phonemic
แพด
æ b ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonpɛ̂ɛt
Royal Institutephaet
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰɛːt̚˥˩/(R)
Homophonesแพทย์

Noun edit

แพศย์ (pɛ̂ɛt)

  1. (Hinduism) vaiśya: those who trade, the merchant and peasant class, being one of the four social classes in the society, the other classes being พราหมณ์ (praam, brāhmaṇa: those who pray), กษัตริย์ (gà-sàt, kṣatriya: those who fight), and ศูทร (sùut, śūdra: those who work).