บรรพชิต

Thai

Etymology

From Pali pabbajita (“one who has gone out from home; one who has given up worldly life and undertaken the life of a bhikkhu, recluse or ascetic”) or Sanskrit प्रव्रजित (pravrajita, “gone abroad or into exile; turned a recluse; religious mendicant or ascetic”). Cognate with Khmer បព្វជិត (bɑɑpvɔɔcɨt), Lao ບັບພະຊິດ (bap pha sit).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		บรรพชิต ɓ r r b d͡ʑ i t
Phonemic		บัน-พะ-ชิด ɓ ạ n – b a – d͡ʑ i ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	ban-pá-chít
	Royal Institute	ban-pha-chit
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ban˧.pʰa˦˥.t͡ɕʰit̚˦˥/

Noun

บรรพชิต • (ban-pá-chít)

Buddhist priest.

Synonyms

นักบวช (nák-bùuat)