บิณฑบาต

Thai
A woman donates food to a monk by dropping them into his bowl.

Alternative forms
Alternative forms

Etymology

From Pali piṇḍapāta (literally “dropped lump”), from piṇḍa (“lump”) + pāta (“to drop”), equivalent to Thai บิณฑ +‎ บาต (bàat). Compare Sanskrit पिण्डपत्र (piṇḍapatra, literally “dropped lump”).

Pronunciation
Orthographicบิณฑบาต
ɓ i ɳ ɖ ɓ ā t
Phonemicบิน-ทะ-บาด
ɓ i n – d a – ɓ ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonbin-tá-bàat
Royal Institutebin-tha-bat
(standard) IPA(key)/bin˧.tʰa˦˥.baːt̚˨˩/

Verb

บิณฑบาต • (bin-tá-bàat) (abstract noun การบิณฑบาต)

  1. (Buddhism, of a priest) to accept alms dropped into one's alms bowl.
  2. (Buddhism, of a priest) to ask for alms by requesting them to be dropped into one's alms bowl.
  3. (Buddhism, of a priest, figuratively) to ask (for); to call (for); to demand; to request; to beg.
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