| Orthographic | โพธิสัตว์ o b dʰ i s ạ t w ʻ | |
| Phonemic | โพ-ทิ-สัด o b – d i – s ạ ɗ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | poo-tí-sàt |
| Royal Institute | pho-thi-sat | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pʰoː˧.tʰi˦˥.sat̚˨˩/(R) | |
From Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva, “bodhisattva”, literally “enlightened being”), from बोधि (bodhi, “enlightened; enlightened intellect”) + सत्त्व (sattva, “being; creature”); possibly via Old Khmer bodhisatva (“idem”); equivalent to Thai โพธิ + สัตว์ (sàt). Cognate with Modern Khmer ពោធិសត្វ (poothisat); Lao ໂພທິສັດ (phō thi sat).
โพธิสัตว์ • (poo-tí-sàt) (classifier พระองค์ or องค์)
From corruption of Khmer ពោធិ៍សាត់ (poosat).
โพธิสัตว์ • (poo-tí-sàt)