ข้าพระพุทธเจ้า

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ข้าวรพุทธเจ้า — poetic

Etymology

Compound of ข้า (kâa, “servant”) +‎ พระพุทธเจ้า (prá-pút-tá-jâao, “Buddha”), literally “Buddha's servant”.

Pronunciation

Orthographicข้าพระพุทธเจ้า
kʰ ˆ ā b r a b u d dʰ e t͡ɕ ˆ ā
Phonemic
ข้า-พฺระ-พุด-ทะ-จ้าว
kʰ ˆ ā – b ̥ r a – b u ɗ – d a – t͡ɕ ˆ ā w
RomanizationPaiboonkâa-prá-pút-tá-jâao
Royal Institutekha-phra-phut-tha-chao
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaː˥˩.pʰra˦˥.pʰut̚˦˥.tʰa˦˥.t͡ɕaːw˥˩/(R)

Pronoun

ข้าพระพุทธเจ้า • (kâa-prá-pút-tá-jâao)

  1. (royal) a first person pronoun used by a commoner when addressing a monarch or high-ranking royal person

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