ปรารถนา

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Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रार्थना (prārthanā, prayer; worship).

Pronunciation

Orthographicปรารถนา
p r ā r tʰ n ā
Phonemic
ปฺราด-ถะ-หฺนา
p ̥ r ā ɗ – tʰ a – h ̥ n ā
RomanizationPaiboonbpràat-tà-nǎa
Royal Instituteprat-tha-na
(standard) IPA(key)/praːt̚˨˩.tʰa˨˩.naː˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

ปรารถนา (bpràat-tà-nǎa) (abstract noun การปรารถนา or ความปรารถนา)

  1. to aim; to desire; to want