นาฏราช

Thai

Etymology

Compound of นาฏ (nâat, “dance”) +‎ ราช (râat, “king”), literally “king of dance”. Compare Sanskrit नटराज (naṭarāja).

Pronunciation

Orthographicนาฏราช
n ā ʈ r ā d͡ʑ
Phonemic
นาด-ตะ-ราด
n ā ɗ – t a – r ā ɗ
นา-ตะ-ราด
n ā – t a – r ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonnâat-dtà-râatnaa-dtà-râat
Royal Institutenat-ta-ratna-ta-rat
(standard) IPA(key)/naːt̚˥˩.ta˨˩.raːt̚˥˩/(R)/naː˧.ta˨˩.raːt̚˥˩/(R)

Proper noun

นาฏราช • (nâat-dtà-râat)

  1. (Hinduism) an epithet of the god Śiva
  2. Nataraja Award, an award annually given to entertainers in Thailand
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