คงคา

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Thai

the river Ganges
the goddess Gaṅgā

Etymology

From Pali gaṅgā or Sanskrit गङ्गा (gaṅgā, literally “one who goes swiftly; one who flows rapidly”). Cognate with Khmer គង្គ (kŭəngkĕəʼ), គង្គា (kŭəngkiə); Lao ຄົງຄາ (khong khā), ກັງກາ (kang kā); Burmese ဂင်္ဂါ (gangga).

Pronunciation

Orthographicคงคา
g ŋ g ā
Phonemic
คง-คา
g ŋ – g ā
RomanizationPaiboonkong-kaa
Royal Institutekhong-kha
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰoŋ˧.kʰaː˧/(R)

Proper noun

คงคา • (kong-kaa)

  1. (พระ~, พระแม่~, แม่~, แม่น้ำ~, แม่พระ~) the river Ganges.
  2. (Hinduism) (พระ~, พระแม่~, แม่~, แม่พระ~) Gaṅgā: the river Ganges personified as a goddess.

Noun

คงคา • (kong-kaa)

  1. (literary, poetic) (พระ~, พระแม่~, แม่~, แม่น้ำ~, แม่พระ~) river; stream; water.
  2. (by extension) (พระ~, พระแม่~, แม่~, แม่พระ~) river deity; water deity.
  3. (ท่อ~) still: distilling apparatus.

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