พงศาวดาร

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Thai

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Etymology

From พงศ์ (pong, “family; genealogy”) +‎ อวตาร (à-wá-dtaan, “avatar: divine descent to the earth”); ultimately from वंश (vaṃśa, “family; dynasty; genealogy”) + अवतार (avatāra, “avatar”); literally "avatar of (royal) family", based on the old belief that royals were gods incarnate. Cognate with Khmer ពង្សាវតារ (pɔɔngsaawtaa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicพงศาวดาร
b ŋ ɕ ā w ɗ ā r
Phonemic
พง-สา-วะ-ดาน
b ŋ – s ā – w a – ɗ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonpong-sǎa-wá-daan
Royal Institutephong-sa-wa-dan
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰoŋ˧.saː˩˩˦.wa˦˥.daːn˧/(R)

Noun

พงศาวดาร • (pong-sǎa-wá-daan)

  1. history:
    1. (if related to a monarch or monarchy: พระราช~, ราช~) chronological account of historical events: chronicle, annals, etc.
    2. (obsolete) branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
    3. (obsolete) aggregate of past events
  2. (obsolete) historical fiction.

Proper noun

พงศาวดาร • (pong-sǎa-wá-daan)

  1. (biblical) Chronicles: either of two books of the Old Testament.
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