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Thai
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Etymology
From Old Khmer bejra, beja, bejña (“diamond”); ultimately from Sanskrit वज्र (vajra, “diamond; thunderbolt; vajra, Indra's weapon”). Cognate Modern Khmer ពេជ្រ (pɨc). And cognate with Thai พัชระ, พิเชียร, วชิระ, วัชระ, วิเชียร (wí-chiian).
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Noun
เพชร • (pét)
- diamond.
- (elegant, chiefly in combination) lightning bolt; thunderbolt.
- (Hindu mythology, elegant, chiefly in combination) vajra, a weapon of the god Indra, symbolising thunderbolt.
- (mythology, elegant, chiefly in combination) similar weapon, as that of Zeus in the Greek mythology.
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