"ພຣະ" meaning in Lao

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Noun

IPA: [pʰaʔ˧] (note: Vientiane), [pʰaʔ˧˨] (note: Luang Prabang) Forms: pha ra [romanization]
Rhymes: -aʔ Etymology: From Old Khmer bra or Angkorian Old Khmer braḥ, braḥh, brah (literally “distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc”), likely from Sanskrit वर (vara, “best; excellent; foremost; holy; precious; top; valuable; etc”); see Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh) for more. Compare Old Khmer vraḥ, vraḥh, vrah, vrahh, vrāʼaḥ, brā; Angkorian Old Khmer vraḥ, vraḥha, vraḥh, vrah, vras, vrāḥ. Cognate with Modern Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh); พระ (prá). Compare also Burmese ဘုရား (bhu.ra:), Old Javanese phra, Javanese bra. Etymology templates: {{bor|lo|okz|bra}} Old Khmer bra, {{bor|lo|okz-ang|braḥ}} Angkorian Old Khmer braḥ, {{m|okz|braḥh}} braḥh, {{m|okz|brah|lit=distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc}} brah (literally “distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc”), {{der|lo|sa|वर|gloss=best; excellent; foremost; holy; precious; top; valuable; etc}} Sanskrit वर (vara, “best; excellent; foremost; holy; precious; top; valuable; etc”), {{cog|km|ព្រះ}} Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh), {{cog|okz|vraḥ}} Old Khmer vraḥ, {{m|okz|vraḥh}} vraḥh, {{m|okz|vrah}} vrah, {{m|okz|vrahh}} vrahh, {{m|okz|vrāʼaḥ}} vrāʼaḥ, {{m|okz|brā}} brā, {{cog|okz-ang|vraḥ}} Angkorian Old Khmer vraḥ, {{m|okz|vraḥha}} vraḥha, {{m|okz|vraḥh}} vraḥh, {{m|okz|vrah}} vrah, {{m|okz|vras}} vras, {{m|okz|vrāḥ}} vrāḥ, {{cog|km|ព្រះ}} Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh), {{m|th|พระ}} พระ (prá), {{cog|my|ဘုရား}} Burmese ဘုရား (bhu.ra:), {{cog|kaw|phra}} Old Javanese phra, {{cog|jv|bra}} Javanese bra Head templates: {{lo-noun}} ພຣະ • (pha ra)
  1. Buddha, king, priest, prince, holy image
    Sense id: en-ພຣະ-lo-noun-asSmj1kb Categories (other): Lao entries with incorrect language header, Lao particles Disambiguation of Lao entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Lao particles: 90 10

Particle

IPA: [pʰaʔ˧] (note: Vientiane), [pʰaʔ˧˨] (note: Luang Prabang) Forms: pha ra [romanization]
Rhymes: -aʔ Etymology: From Old Khmer bra or Angkorian Old Khmer braḥ, braḥh, brah (literally “distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc”), likely from Sanskrit वर (vara, “best; excellent; foremost; holy; precious; top; valuable; etc”); see Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh) for more. Compare Old Khmer vraḥ, vraḥh, vrah, vrahh, vrāʼaḥ, brā; Angkorian Old Khmer vraḥ, vraḥha, vraḥh, vrah, vras, vrāḥ. Cognate with Modern Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh); พระ (prá). Compare also Burmese ဘုရား (bhu.ra:), Old Javanese phra, Javanese bra. Etymology templates: {{bor|lo|okz|bra}} Old Khmer bra, {{bor|lo|okz-ang|braḥ}} Angkorian Old Khmer braḥ, {{m|okz|braḥh}} braḥh, {{m|okz|brah|lit=distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc}} brah (literally “distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc”), {{der|lo|sa|वर|gloss=best; excellent; foremost; holy; precious; top; valuable; etc}} Sanskrit वर (vara, “best; excellent; foremost; holy; precious; top; valuable; etc”), {{cog|km|ព្រះ}} Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh), {{cog|okz|vraḥ}} Old Khmer vraḥ, {{m|okz|vraḥh}} vraḥh, {{m|okz|vrah}} vrah, {{m|okz|vrahh}} vrahh, {{m|okz|vrāʼaḥ}} vrāʼaḥ, {{m|okz|brā}} brā, {{cog|okz-ang|vraḥ}} Angkorian Old Khmer vraḥ, {{m|okz|vraḥha}} vraḥha, {{m|okz|vraḥh}} vraḥh, {{m|okz|vrah}} vrah, {{m|okz|vras}} vras, {{m|okz|vrāḥ}} vrāḥ, {{cog|km|ព្រះ}} Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh), {{m|th|พระ}} พระ (prá), {{cog|my|ဘုရား}} Burmese ဘုရား (bhu.ra:), {{cog|kaw|phra}} Old Javanese phra, {{cog|jv|bra}} Javanese bra Head templates: {{lo-particle|ພຣະ}} ພຣະ • (pha ra)
  1. (used before gods, kings, holy objects etc.; sometimes translated:) royal, holy, divine Derived forms: ພຣະເຈົ້າ (pha ra chao), ພຣະໂພທິສັດ (pha ra phō thi sat), ພຣະຫົວ (pha ra hūa)
    Sense id: en-ພຣະ-lo-particle-ANYsQX9T

Download JSON data for ພຣະ meaning in Lao (7.5kB)

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        "2": "vraḥ"
      },
      "expansion": "Angkorian Old Khmer vraḥ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vraḥha"
      },
      "expansion": "vraḥha",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vraḥh"
      },
      "expansion": "vraḥh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vrah"
      },
      "expansion": "vrah",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vras"
      },
      "expansion": "vras",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vrāḥ"
      },
      "expansion": "vrāḥ",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "ព្រះ"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "พระ"
      },
      "expansion": "พระ (prá)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ဘုရား"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese ဘုရား (bhu.ra:)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kaw",
        "2": "phra"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Javanese phra",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jv",
        "2": "bra"
      },
      "expansion": "Javanese bra",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Khmer bra or Angkorian Old Khmer braḥ, braḥh, brah (literally “distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc”), likely from Sanskrit वर (vara, “best; excellent; foremost; holy; precious; top; valuable; etc”); see Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh) for more.\nCompare Old Khmer vraḥ, vraḥh, vrah, vrahh, vrāʼaḥ, brā; Angkorian Old Khmer vraḥ, vraḥha, vraḥh, vrah, vras, vrāḥ.\nCognate with Modern Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh); พระ (prá). Compare also Burmese ဘုရား (bhu.ra:), Old Javanese phra, Javanese bra.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pha ra",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ພຣະ"
      },
      "expansion": "ພຣະ • (pha ra)",
      "name": "lo-particle"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ພະ"
  ],
  "lang": "Lao",
  "lang_code": "lo",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "royal, holy, divine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "royal",
          "royal"
        ],
        [
          "holy",
          "holy"
        ],
        [
          "divine",
          "divine"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "kings; holy objects etc.; sometimes translated:; kings; holy objects etc.; sometimes translated:",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(used before gods, kings, holy objects etc.; sometimes translated:) royal, holy, divine"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used before gods"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰaʔ˧]",
      "note": "Vientiane"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰaʔ˧˨]",
      "note": "Luang Prabang"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʔ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ພຣະ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Lao 1-syllable words",
    "Lao entries with incorrect language header",
    "Lao lemmas",
    "Lao nouns",
    "Lao particles",
    "Lao terms borrowed from Angkorian Old Khmer",
    "Lao terms borrowed from Old Khmer",
    "Lao terms derived from Angkorian Old Khmer",
    "Lao terms derived from Old Khmer",
    "Lao terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Lao terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Lao/aʔ"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "okz",
        "3": "bra"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Khmer bra",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "okz-ang",
        "3": "braḥ"
      },
      "expansion": "Angkorian Old Khmer braḥ",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "braḥh"
      },
      "expansion": "braḥh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "brah",
        "lit": "distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc"
      },
      "expansion": "brah (literally “distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "वर",
        "gloss": "best; excellent; foremost; holy; precious; top; valuable; etc"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit वर (vara, “best; excellent; foremost; holy; precious; top; valuable; etc”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "ព្រះ"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vraḥ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Khmer vraḥ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vraḥh"
      },
      "expansion": "vraḥh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vrah"
      },
      "expansion": "vrah",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vrahh"
      },
      "expansion": "vrahh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vrāʼaḥ"
      },
      "expansion": "vrāʼaḥ",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "brā"
      },
      "expansion": "brā",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz-ang",
        "2": "vraḥ"
      },
      "expansion": "Angkorian Old Khmer vraḥ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vraḥha"
      },
      "expansion": "vraḥha",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vraḥh"
      },
      "expansion": "vraḥh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vrah"
      },
      "expansion": "vrah",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vras"
      },
      "expansion": "vras",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okz",
        "2": "vrāḥ"
      },
      "expansion": "vrāḥ",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "ព្រះ"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "พระ"
      },
      "expansion": "พระ (prá)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ဘုရား"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese ဘုရား (bhu.ra:)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kaw",
        "2": "phra"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Javanese phra",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jv",
        "2": "bra"
      },
      "expansion": "Javanese bra",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Khmer bra or Angkorian Old Khmer braḥ, braḥh, brah (literally “distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc”), likely from Sanskrit वर (vara, “best; excellent; foremost; holy; precious; top; valuable; etc”); see Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh) for more.\nCompare Old Khmer vraḥ, vraḥh, vrah, vrahh, vrāʼaḥ, brā; Angkorian Old Khmer vraḥ, vraḥha, vraḥh, vrah, vras, vrāḥ.\nCognate with Modern Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh); พระ (prá). Compare also Burmese ဘုရား (bhu.ra:), Old Javanese phra, Javanese bra.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pha ra",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ພຣະ • (pha ra)",
      "name": "lo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ພະ"
  ],
  "lang": "Lao",
  "lang_code": "lo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Buddha, king, priest, prince, holy image"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddha",
          "Buddha"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰaʔ˧]",
      "note": "Vientiane"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰaʔ˧˨]",
      "note": "Luang Prabang"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʔ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ພຣະ"
}

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