อภัย

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit अभय (abhaya, “absence or removal of fear; security; safety; protection from fear or danger; giving safety; etc.”) or Pali abhaya (“ibid.”). Cognate with Khmer អភ័យ (ʾɑphɨy, “fearlessness; indulgence; forgiveness; to pardon; to forgive”) and Lao ອະໄພ (’a phai, “to forgive; to pardon; safety; security; pardon; forgiveness”). Equivalent to อ (ɔɔ, “no; not; without”) +‎ ภัย (pai, “fear; danger”).

Pronunciation
Orthographicอภัย
ɒ bʰ ạ y
Phonemicอะ-ไพ
ɒ a – ai b		[bound form]
อะ-ไพ-ยะ-
ɒ a – ai b – y a –
RomanizationPaiboonà-paià-pai-yá-
Royal Institutea-phaia-phai-ya-
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔa˨˩.pʰaj˧//ʔa˨˩.pʰaj˧.ja˦˥./

Noun

อภัย • (à-pai)

  1. absence of danger or fear; fearlessness; forgiveness.

Derived terms
Derived terms

Verb

อภัย • (à-pai) (abstract noun การอภัย)

  1. to forgive; to pardon.

Derived terms
Derived terms
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.