อุปัชฌาย์

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Etymology

Borrowed from Pali upajjhāya (“spiritual teacher; spiritual preceptor”, literally “one who is gone close up to”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ឧបជ្ឈាយ៍ (ʼupacchiə). Compare Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya).

Pronunciation

Orthographicอุปัชฌาย์
ɒ u p ạ d͡ʑ d͡ʑʰ ā y ʻ
Phonemic
อุ-ปัด-ชา
ɒ u – p ạ ɗ – d͡ʑ ā
อุบ-ปัด-ชา
ɒ u ɓ – p ạ ɗ – d͡ʑ ā
RomanizationPaiboonù-bpàt-chaaùp-bpàt-chaa
Royal Instituteu-pat-chaup-pat-cha
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔu˨˩.pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕʰaː˧/(R)/ʔup̚˨˩.pat̚˨˩.t͡ɕʰaː˧/(R)

Noun

อุปัชฌาย์ • (ù-bpàt-chaa) (classifier รูป or องค์ or ตน)

  1. (Buddhism) (พระ~) priest who presides over or administers an ordination

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