อาจารย์

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, preceptor; teacher); perhaps via Old Khmer ʼācāryya, ʼācārya, ʼācāryya (spiritual preceptor; instructor, pedagogue, professor, teacher; expert). Cognate with Khmer អាចារ្យ (ʾaacaa), អាចរិយ (ʾaacaʾreyaʾ); Lao ອາຈານ (’ā chān).

Pronunciation

Orthographicอาจารย์
ɒāt͡ɕāryʻ
Phonemicอา-จาน
ɒāt͡ɕān
RomanizationPaiboonaa-jaan
Royal Institutea-chan
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaː˧.t͡ɕaːn˧/
Homophonesอาจาร

Noun

อาจารย์ (aa-jaan) (classifier คน or ท่าน)

  1. instructor; lecturer; master; pedagogue; teacher.
  2. religious or spiritual preceptor.
  3. (informal) expert; specialist.
  4. (law) instructor: higher education institution teacher ranking below assistant professor.
  5. (colloquial) master of occult science, as astrologer, exorcist, magus, shaman, sorcerer, etc.

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