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Thai
Etymology
From Old Khmer បោស៑ (pos), ប្វាស៑ (pvās), or Angkorian Old Khmer ប្វស៑ (pvas), ប្វាស៑ (pvās, “to be initiated into holy orders; to enter holy orders; to be in holy orders”); extended as បំនោស៑ (paṃnos), បំន្វាស៑ (paṃnvās), ប្នោស៑ (pnos), from which Thai ผนวช (pà-nùuat) is derived. The final is also changed to ช to correspond Pali pabbajjā. Cognate with Modern Khmer បួស (buəh), Lao ບວດ (būat).
Pronunciation
Verb
บวช • (bùuat) (abstract noun การบวช)
- to ordain; to confer holy orders (upon); to invest with priesthood; to consecrate as a priest.
- to be ordained; to be conferred holy orders (upon); to enter priesthood; to be or become a priest.
- (Islam) to fast.
- (slang and archaic) to deceive; to mislead; to victimise; to take advantage (of).
- (slang) to convert; to transform.
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