กุมาร

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See also: กุมารี

Thai

Definition 3

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit कुमार (kumāra, “boy; child; groom; heir apparent; prince; son; young man; etc”, literally “one who easily dies”); probably via Old Khmer កុមារ៑ (kumār) or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer កុមារ (kumāra, “boy; son; youth; prince, heir apparent, crown prince (found only as a personal name, slave name, and toponym)”).

Cognate with Modern Khmer កុមារ (komaa), Lao ກຸມານ (ku mān).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกุมาร
k u m ā r
Phonemic
กุ-มาน
k u – m ā n

กุ-มา-ระ-
k u – m ā – r a –
RomanizationPaiboongù-maangù-maa-rá-
Royal Instituteku-manku-ma-ra-
(standard) IPA(key)/ku˨˩.maːn˧/(R)/ku˨˩.maː˧.ra˦˥./

Noun

กุมาร • (gù-maan)

  1. (elegant) boy: male child.
  2. (of a royal person) (พระ, พระราช, ราช~) son, especially one who is still a boy.
  3. (slang) child ghost servant, created by surgically removing an unborn baby from the womb of its mother, roasting the baby until its body dries during a rite held at a graveyard, and covering the dry-roasted corpse with gold leaf. The corpse is carried by someone who believes that the ghost dwelling in it may be employed.
  4. (slang) any child ghost or spirit.

Synonyms

Definition 3

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References

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