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Thai
Alternative forms
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Portuguese padre (“priest”) + หลวง (lǔuang, “great; chief”).
Pronunciation
Noun
บาทหลวง • (bàat-lǔuang)
- Roman Catholic priest.
References
- ^ Dalgado, Sebastião Rodolfo; and Soares, Anthony Xavier. Portuguese vocables in Asiatic languages : from the Portuguese original of Monsignor Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado. Baroda, India: Oriental Institute, 1936, p. 245.