บรมราชาธิราช

Thai

Alternative forms

(archaic): บรมราชาธีราช (bɔɔ-rom-raa-chaa-tí-râat)
ปรมราชาธิราช (bpɔɔ-rom-raa-chaa-tí-râat)

Etymology

From บรม (bɔɔ-rom, “great; supreme; utmost; etc”) +‎ ราชาธิราช (“king of kings”); ultimately from Sanskrit परम (parama, “absolute; supreme; utmost; etc”) + राजाधिराज (rājādhirāja, “king of kings”), probably via Old Khmer paramarājādhirāja, pūrammarājjādhirāja (“supreme overlord of kings”). Compare Modern Khmer បរមរាជាធិរាជ (bârômréachéathĭréach).

Historian Sujit Wongthes (สุจิตต์ วงษ์เทศ) suggested that the term was created after the legendary leader Borom.[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographic		บรมราชาธิราช ɓ r m r ā d͡ʑ ā dʰ i r ā d͡ʑ
Phonemic		บอ-รม-รา-ชา-ทิ-ราด ɓ ɒ – r m – r ā – d͡ʑ ā – d i – r ā ɗ	บอ-รม-มะ-รา-ชา-ทิ-ราด ɓ ɒ – r m – m a – r ā – d͡ʑ ā – d i – r ā ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	bɔɔ-rom-raa-chaa-tí-râat	bɔɔ-rom-má-raa-chaa-tí-râat
	Royal Institute	bo-rom-ra-cha-thi-rat	bo-rom-ma-ra-cha-thi-rat
(standard) IPA^(key)		/bɔː˧.rom˧.raː˧.t͡ɕʰaː˧.tʰi˦˥.raːt̚˥˩/^(R)	/bɔː˧.rom˧.ma˦˥.raː˧.t͡ɕʰaː˧.tʰi˦˥.raːt̚˥˩/^(R)

Noun

บรมราชาธิราช • (bɔɔ-rom-raa-chaa-tí-râat)

emperor; high king; king of kings.

References

Sujit Wongthes. (2013-12-24). "Kǔn-lǔuang Pá Ngûua Mʉʉang Sù-pan Yʉ́t Am-nâat Rát-tà-bprà-hǎan À-yút-tá-yaa" ขุนหลวงพะงั่วเมืองสุพรรณยึดอำนาจรัฐประหารอยุธยา (The Fifth Lord of Suphan Staged a Coup in Ayutthaya). Sujitwongthes.com (in Thai). Bangkok: Matichon. Retrieved 2016-02-22.

[1] Sujit Wongthes. (2013-12-24). "Kǔn-lǔuang Pá Ngûua Mʉʉang Sù-pan Yʉ́t Am-nâat Rát-tà-bprà-hǎan À-yút-tá-yaa" ขุนหลวงพะงั่วเมืองสุพรรณยึดอำนาจรัฐประหารอยุธยา (The Fifth Lord of Suphan Staged a Coup in Ayutthaya). Sujitwongthes.com (in Thai). Bangkok: Matichon. Retrieved 2016-02-22.