ถวายพระพร

Thai

Etymology

From ถวาย (tà-wǎai, “to offer; to present”) +‎ พระ (prá, “a headword for nouns concerning gods, priests, royals, etc”, literally “holy; sacred; divine; etc”) +‎ พร (pɔɔn, “blessing; wish”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ถวายพระพร tʰ w ā y b r a b r
Phonemic		ถะ-หฺวาย-พฺระ-พอน tʰ a – h ̥ w ā y – b ̥ r a – b ɒ n
Romanization	Paiboon	tà-wǎai-prá-pɔɔn
	Royal Institute	tha-wai-phra-phon
(standard) IPA^(key)		/tʰa˨˩.waːj˩˩˦.pʰra˦˥.pʰɔːn˧/

Verb

ถวายพระพร • (tà-wǎai-prá-pɔɔn) (abstract noun การถวายพระพร)

(of a priest) to speak, say, talk, or converse (to/with a royal person).

Interjection

ถวายพระพร • (tà-wǎai-prá-pɔɔn)

used by a priest as a conventional greeting or an expression of affirmation or assent when addressing a royal person.

Usage notes

When addressing a commoner, the term เจริญพร (jà-rəən-pɔɔn) is used.