ภุชงคประยาต

Thai

From ภุชงค (pú-chong-ká-, “serpent”) +‎ ประยาต (“gone; vanished; disappeared; etc”); literally "gone like a serpent".

Orthographic		ภุชงคประยาต bʰ u d͡ʑ ŋ g p r a y ā t
Phonemic		ภุ-ชง-คะ-ปฺระ-ยาด bʰ u – d͡ʑ ŋ – g a – p ̥ r a – y ā ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	pú-chong-ká-bprà-yâat
	Royal Institute	phu-chong-kha-pra-yat
(standard) IPA^(key)		/pʰu˦˥.t͡ɕʰoŋ˧.kʰa˦˥.pra˨˩.jaːt̚˥˩/

ภุชงคประยาต • (pú-chong-ká-bprà-yâat)

This type of ฉันท์ (chǎn) is governed by the following rules:
- Each stanza contains two parts.
- Each part contains two verses.
- Each verse contains six syllables:
  - the first and fourth syllables are light (containing short vowels or being open syllables);
  - the others are heavy (containing long vowels or being close syllables);
- As regards rhyming:
  - the last syllable of the first verse rhymes with the third syllable of the second verse;
  - the last syllable of the second verse rhymes with the last syllable of the third verse; and
  - the last syllable of the fourth verse rhymes with the last syllable of the second verse of the next stanza.
The syllabic structure of each stanza is represented as follows, with L for a light syllable and H for a heavy one:

LHHLHH		LHHLHH
LHHLHH		LHHLHH