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Thai
Etymology
From corruption of Pali vajira (“diamond; thunderbolt”); ultimately from Sanskrit वज्र (vajra); perhaps via or influenced by Old Khmer vajra (“diamond; thunderbolt; vajra, Indra's weapon”). Cognate with Modern Khmer វជិរៈ (vɔɔcirĕəʼ). And cognate with Thai พัชระ, พิเชียร, เพชร (pét), วชิระ, วัชระ.
Pronunciation
Noun
วิเชียร • (wí-chiian)
- (elegant) diamond.
- (elegant) lightning bolt; thunderbolt.
- (elegant, Hindu mythology) vajra, a weapon of the god Indra, symbolising thunderbolt.
- (elegant, mythology) similar weapon, as that of Zeus in the Greek mythology.
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