Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedmonk (Buddhist)curated
Buddha image; sacred amulet or statuecurated
god; deity; someone revered as divinewiktionary
royal; honorific prefix for royalty and sacred thingscurated
male lead (in drama or literature)wiktionary
a Thai noble rank (above หลวง, below พระยา)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesเราเอาอาหารและขนมไปถวายพระ
We bring food and sweets to offer to the monks.
Pauen · หนองบัวลำภูfrom สารทเดือนสิบ →
นั่งฟังพระเทศน์ ฟังคำสอน
Sitting and listening to monks' sermons and teachings.
Ploy · เชียงใหม่from วันพระ →
เราจุดเทียน บอกขอโทษพระแม่คงคา
We light the candle and apologize to Phra Mae Khongkha (the goddess of water).
Mild · นครราชสีมาfrom เทศกาลที่ฉันชอบที่สุด →
Built from
From Old Khmer ព្រ (bra) or Angkorian Old Khmer ព្រះ (braḥ), ព្រះហ៑ (braḥh), ព្រហ៑ (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 វ្រះ (vraḥ), វ្រះហ៑ (vraḥh), វ្រហ៑ (vrah), វ្រហ្ហ៑ (vrahh), វ្រាអះ (vrāʼaḥ), ព្រា (brā); Angkorian Old Khmer វ្រះ (vraḥ), វ្រះហ (vraḥha), វ្រះហ៑ (vraḥh), វ្រហ៑ (vrah), វ្រស៑ (vras), វ្រាះ (vrāḥ). Cognate with Modern Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh), Lao ພະ (pha), ພຣະ (phra), Northern Thai ᨻᩕ, Lü ᦘᦰ (ph!), Shan ၽြႃး (phráa). Compare also Burmese ဘုရား (bhu.ra:), Old Javanese phra, Javanese bra, Malay bera. Doublet of พร (pɔɔn) and วร (wɔɔn) via Sanskrit.