ไตรปิฎก

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer traipīṭaka, traiyapīttaka (literally “Three Baskets”), from trai, traiya (“three”) + pīṭaka, pīttaka (“basket”); equivalent to Thai ไตร (dtrai) +‎ ปิฎก. Cognate with Modern Khmer ត្រៃបិដក (traibĕdkâ). Compare Sanskrit त्रिपिटक (tripiṭaka), from which Thai ตรีปิฎก is derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ไตรปิฎก ai t r p i ᶑ k
Phonemic		ไตฺร-ปิ-ดก ai t ̥ r – p i – ɗ k
Romanization	Paiboon	dtrai-bpì-dòk
	Royal Institute	trai-pi-dok
(standard) IPA^(key)		/traj˧.pi˨˩.dok̚˨˩/

Proper noun

ไตรปิฎก • (dtrai-bpì-dòk)

(Buddhism) (พระ~) the canon Tripiṭaka.