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Thai
Etymology
From Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, “teacher; preceptor”); perhaps via Old Khmer ʼācāryya, ʼācārya (“teacher, instructor; spiritual preceptor; expert”). Cognate with Modern Khmer អាចារ្យ (ʼaacaa), អាចរិយ (ʼaacaʼreyaʼ); Lao ອາຈານ (ʼā chān).
Pronunciation
Noun
อาจารย์ • (aa-jaan) (classifier คน or ท่าน)
- teacher: one who teaches, especially as a profession.
- (education, law)
- instructor: teacher in a higher education institution who ranks below assistant professor.
- used as a rank for such person. Abbreviation: อ. (ɔɔ)
- (colloquial) teacher in a higher education institution, irrespective of the rank.
- (colloquial) expert; specialist.
- religious teacher; spiritual preceptor.
- (slang) master of the occult or black magic, as sorcerer, shaman, exorcist, etc.
- used as a term of address to or title for such person, and used by such person to refer to oneself.
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