โหร

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer hor, hora (“astrologer”); ultimately from Pali horā (“hour”) or Sanskrit होरा (horā, “hour; horoscope”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ហោរ (hao), Burmese ဟူးရား (hu:ra:), and Mon ဟောရာ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		โหร o h r
Phonemic		โหน o h n
Romanization	Paiboon	hǒon
	Royal Institute	hon
(standard) IPA^(key)		/hoːn˩˩˦/
Homophones edit		โหน

Noun

โหร • (hǒon) (classifier คน)

astrologer.
(archaic) astronomer.
(often colloquial) prophet, seer, soothsayer; magician, sorcerer.