สมเด็จพระราชาคณะ
Thai
Etymology
From สมเด็จ (sǒm-dèt, “honorific for gods, priests, royals, etc”, literally “condition of being supreme in status or power”) + พระ (prá, “honorific for gods, priests, royals, etc”, literally “distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc”) + ราชาคณะ (raa-chaa-ká-ná, “ecclesiastical rank”, literally “entity chief”).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | สมเด็จพระราชาคณะ s m e ɗ ˘ t͡ɕ b r a r ā d͡ʑ ā g ɳ a | |
| Phonemic | สม-เด็ด-พฺระ-รา-ชา-คะ-นะ s m – e ɗ ˘ ɗ – b ̥ r a – r ā – d͡ʑ ā – g a – n a | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | sǒm-dèt-prá-raa-chaa-ká-ná |
| Royal Institute | som-det-phra-ra-cha-kha-na | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /som˩˩˦.det̚˨˩.pʰra˦˥.raː˧.t͡ɕʰaː˧.kʰa˦˥.naʔ˦˥/ | |
Noun
สมเด็จพระราชาคณะ • (sǒm-dèt-prá-raa-chaa-ká-ná)
- (Buddhism)
- the second highest Thai ecclesiastical rank after สังฆราช (sǎng-ká-râat, “supreme patriarch”), being the highest sub-rank of ราชาคณะ (raa-chaa-ká-ná).
- person holding such rank.