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ครู

kruunountonemid tonemid
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#314 most common1 syllablein 3 readings

Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

teacher; instructorcurated

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

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Students show kreng jai to their teachers,

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Borrowed from Sanskrit गुरु (gurú, “teacher”). Compare Khmer គ្រូ (kruu), Lao ຄູ (khū). Doublet of บาร์ (baa), though only in the "pressure unit" sense.