โลกันตร์

Thai

Etymology

From Pali lokantara (literally “interworld; another world”), from loka (“world”) + antara (“difference; gap; in between; space; etc”), equivalent to Thai โลก (lôok) +‎ อันตร. Compare Sanskrit लोकान्तर (lokāntara). Cognate with Khmer លោកន្តរ (lookntɑɑ).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		โลกันตร์ o l k ạ n t r ʻ
Phonemic		โล-กัน o l – k ạ n
Romanization	Paiboon	loo-gan
	Royal Institute	lo-kan
(standard) IPA^(key)		/loː˧.kan˧/

Proper noun

โลกันตร์ • (loo-gan)

(Buddhism) the name of a realm in the hell where sinful beings are detained forever and given the most serious punishments for their sins.