อเวจี
Thai
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- อวิจี
- อวีจิ
Etymology
From Sanskrit अवीचि (avīci, literally “waveless: having no waves, without waves”). Cognate with Old Khmer *ʼavīci, ʼavici, ʼavaci, °ʼaviciya°; Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ʼavīci°, ʼavicī°; Angkorian Old Khmer ʼavīci, ʼavicīya; Modern Khmer អវីចី (ʼaʼviicəy), Lü ᦀᦞᦲᦈᦲ (˙ʼviiṫsii).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | อเวจี ɒ e w t͡ɕ ī | |
| Phonemic | อะ-เว-จี ɒ a – e w – t͡ɕ ī | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | à-wee-jii |
| Royal Institute | a-we-chi | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ʔa˨˩.weː˧.t͡ɕiː˧/(R) | |
Proper noun
อเวจี • (à-wee-jii)
- (Buddhism) (นรก~, ~นรก, ~มหานรก) one of the eight regions of the hell, being the lowest region to which the most sinful beings are sent for punishment.
See also
- (eight regions of hell): สัญชีพ, กาฬสุต, สังฆาฏ, โรรุวะ, มหาโรรุวะ, ตาปะ, มหาตาปะ, อเวจี (à-wee-jii)