ภาระ

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicภาระ
bʰ ā r a
Phonemic
พา-ระ
b ā – r a
RomanizationPaiboonpaa-rá
Royal Institutepha-ra
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰaː˧.raʔ˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1

From Pali bhāra (charge; load; weight; etc) or Sanskrit भार (bhāra, idem).

Alternative forms

Noun

ภาระ (paa-rá)

  1. (elegant) weight; weightiness, heaviness; that which is weighty or heavy.
  2. burden; load.
  3. burden; obligation; onus; responsibility.
  4. that which is burdensome or troublesome, as a person or thing.

Adjective

ภาระ (paa-rá)

  1. (elegant) weighty; heavy.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit भार (bhāra, charge; load; weight; etc); possibly via Old Khmer bhāra (an Indian unit of weight equivalent to 20 tulā).

Alternative forms

Noun

ภาระ (paa-rá)

  1. an Indian unit of weight equivalent to 20 ตุลา (dtù-laa, tulā).