พยาบาล

Thai

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • †พญาบาล

Etymology

From Sanskrit व्यापार (vyāpāra, “service; serving”), according to Assistant Professor Chirapat Prapandvidya, associate fellow of the Royal Society of Thailand in the field of classical languages.[1] Cognate with Lao ພະຍາບານ (pha nyā bān), Khmer ព្យាបាល (pyiəbaal).

Pronunciation
Orthographicพยาบาล
b y ā ɓ ā l
Phonemicพะ-ยา-บาน
b a – y ā – ɓ ā n		พ̄ะ-ยา-บาน
b a – y ā – ɓ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonpá-yaa-baanpa-yaa-baan
Royal Institutepha-ya-banpha-ya-ban
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰa˦˥.jaː˧.baːn˧//pʰa˧.jaː˧.baːn˧/

Verb

พยาบาล • (pá-yaa-baan) (abstract noun การพยาบาล)

  1. (archaic) to support, to aid, to assist; to take care (of), to look after; to guard, to protect.
  2. to medically nurse, tend, or care; to heal, cure, or treat.

Noun

พยาบาล • (pá-yaa-baan)

  1. (archaic) supporter, aider, assistant; caretaker, care provider; guardian, protector.
  2. medical nursing, tending, or care; healing, cure, treatment.
  3. nurse.

Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. Royal Society of Thailand. (2010). Kotmāi trā sām dūang: phra thamnūn chabap rātchabandittayasathān กฎหมายตราสามดวง: พระทำนูน ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน. (in Thai). Bangkok: Royal Society of Thailand. →ISBN. Page 63.
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