เพชร

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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).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเพชร
e b d͡ʑ r
Phonemic
{Short}
เพ็ด
e b ˘ ɗ

เพ็ด-
e b ˘ ɗ –

เพ็ด-ชะ-
e b ˘ ɗ – d͡ʑ a –
RomanizationPaiboonpétpét-pét-chá-
Royal Institutephetphet-phet-cha-
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰet̚˦˥/(R)/pʰet̚˦˥.//pʰet̚˦˥.t͡ɕʰa˦˥./
Homophonesเพ็จ

Noun

เพชร • (pét)

  1. diamond.
  2. (elegant, chiefly in combination) lightning bolt; thunderbolt.
  3. (Hindu mythology, elegant, chiefly in combination) vajra, a weapon of the god Indra, symbolising thunderbolt.
  4. (mythology, elegant, chiefly in combination) similar weapon, as that of Zeus in the Greek mythology.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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