คัมภีร์

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicคัมภีร์
g ạ m bʰ ī r ʻ
Phonemic
คำ-พี
g å – b ī
RomanizationPaiboonkam-pii
Royal Institutekham-phi
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰam˧.pʰiː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Khmer កាម្ពិ (kāmbi), កាំម្ពីយ (kāṃmbīya), កំពីយ (kaṃbīya), កុំម្ពិ (kuṃmbi), កុំម្ពីយ (kuṃmbīya, “sacred text; scripture; treatise”); ultimate origin undetermined.

Cognate with Modern Khmer គម្ពីរ (kumpii).

Compare Old Khmer កាម្វិយ (kāmviya), កាំវីយ (kāṃvīya); Angkorian Old Khmer កំវី (kaṃvī), កំវិ (kaṃvi).

Noun

คัมภีร์ • (kam-pii) (classifier คัมภีร์ or เล่ม)

  1. (religion) (พระ~) sacred text; scripture; treatise.

Proper noun

คัมภีร์ • (kam-pii)

  1. (Christianity) (พระ~) Bible.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali gambhīra (“deep; profound”). Compare Sanskrit गम्भीर (gambhīra) or गभीर (gabhīra).

Alternative forms

Adjective

คัมภีร์ • (kam-pii)

  1. (poetic) deep; profound.
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