มฤคศิระ

Thai

Alternative forms

  • มิคเศียร, มิคสิระ, มิคสิร, มฤคศิร

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मृगशीर्ष (mṛgaśīrṣa, literally “deer head”), from मृग (mṛga, “deer”) + शिर (śira, “head”).

By surface analysis, มฤค (má-rʉ́k, “deer”) +‎ ศิระ (“head”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicมฤคศิระ
m ṛ g ɕ i r a
Phonemic
มะ-รึก-คะ-สิ-ระ
m a – r ụ k – g a – s i – r a
RomanizationPaiboonmá-rʉ́k-ká-sì-rá
Royal Institutema-ruek-kha-si-ra
(standard) IPA(key)/ma˦˥.rɯk̚˦˥.kʰa˦˥.si˨˩.raʔ˦˥/(R)

Proper noun

มฤคศิระ • (má-rʉ́k-ká-sì-rá)

  1. (Hinduism) Mṛgaśirā, the fifth of 27 lunar mansions in the Hindu astronomy, corresponding to Orion
  2. (elegant) the name of the first month of the year under the lunar calendar, often falling around December under the solar calendar
    Synonyms: เดือนอ้าย, เดือน ๑ (dʉʉan-nʉ̀ng)
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