บพิตร

Thai

Alternative forms

ประวิตร
ปวิตร

Etymology

From Old Khmer pabitra, pabita, pabida, pubitra, pubita, pubītra, pubvitra, pūbitra, pūbita (“epithet of members of royalty and ranking ecclesiastics; honorific following names of royalty and ranking ecclesiastics”); ultimately from Sanskrit पवित्र (pavitra, “pure, sinless, holy, saintly; beneficent; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer បពិត្រ (bɑɑpɨtrɔɔ). Compare Pali pavitta.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		บพิตร ɓ b i t r
Phonemic		บอ-พิด ɓ ɒ – b i ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	bɔɔ-pít
	Royal Institute	bo-phit
(standard) IPA^(key)		/bɔː˧.pʰit̚˦˥/
Homophones edit		บพิธ

Noun

บพิตร • (bɔɔ-pít)

an epithet of, honorific for, or term of address to gods, high priests, and royal persons.

Pronoun

บพิตร • (bɔɔ-pít)

a second or third person pronoun, used by priests to address royal persons.

Derived terms

บพิตรพระราชสมภาร
บรมบพิตร
มหาบพิตร