องค์

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Thai

Etymology

From Pali aṅga (constituent; factor; member; part) or Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, body; component; constituent; limb; etc); perhaps via Old Khmer ʼaṅga, ʼaṅa, ʼã (member, part; article, item, thing; body, person). Cognate with Lao ອົງ (ʼong). Compare Modern Khmer អង្គ (ʼɑng).

Pronunciation

Orthographicองค์
ɒ ŋ g ʻ
Phonemic
อง
ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonong
Royal Instituteong
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔoŋ˧/(R)
Homophones

Noun

องค์ (ong)

  1. (of a god, high priest, or royal person) body; form.
  2. used as an honorific for or term of address to:
    1. gods, high priests, and royal persons, as well as things and beings relating to them.
    2. religious or sacred objects.
  3. (slang)
    1. psychic ability or power.
      มันมีองค์
      man mii ong
      He's psychic! — (literally) He has ong!
    2. supernatural being.
      องค์ลง
      ong long
      A spirit has descended .
      องค์ประทับร่าง
      ong bprà-táp râang
      A spirit is possessing the body .
  4. body; embodiment.
    องค์ความรู้
    ong kwaam-rúu
    Body of knowledge
  5. component; constituent; element.

Classifier

องค์ (ong)

  1. Classifier for gods, high priests, and royal persons, as well as things and beings relating to them.all nouns using this classifier
  2. Classifier for religious or sacred objects.all nouns using this classifier
  3. (colloquial) Classifier for priests.all nouns using this classifier