แพศย์
Thai
Etymology
From Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | แพศย์ æ b ɕ y ʻ | |
| Phonemic | แพด æ b ɗ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | pɛ̂ɛt |
| Royal Institute | phaet | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pʰɛːt̚˥˩/(R) | |
| Homophones edit | แพทย์ | |
Noun
แพศย์ • (pɛ̂ɛt)
- (Hinduism) vaiśya: those who trade, the merchant and peasant class, being one of the four social classes in the society, the other classes being พราหมณ์ (praam, “brāhmaṇa: those who pray”), กษัตริย์ (gà-sàt, “kṣatriya: those who fight”), and ศูทร (sùut, “śūdra: those who work”).