โบสถ์

Thai

Etymology

Contraction of อุโบสถ (ù-boo-sòt). Compare Lao ໂບດ (bōt).

Pronunciation

Orthographicโบสถ์
o ɓ s tʰ ʻ
Phonemic
โบด
o ɓ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonbòot
Royal Institutebot
(standard) IPA(key)/boːt̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

โบสถ์ • (bòot) (classifier โบสถ์ or หลัง or แห่ง)

  1. (Buddhism) hall within a monastery where priests meet and conduct religious services together, often one marked by the boundary stones called สีมา (sǐi-maa)
  2. (Christianity) church
  3. any similar place for religious service

Derived terms

  • ชายสามโบสถ์
  • โบสถ์น้อย
  • ลงโบสถ์

Further reading

  • โบสถ์” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.