ครู
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- garū (Latin script)
- 𑀕𑀭𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- गरू (Devanagari script)
- গরূ (Bengali script)
- ගරූ (Sinhalese script)
- ဂရူ or ၷရူ (Burmese script)
- คะรู (Thai script)
- ᨣᩁᩪ (Tai Tham script)
- ຄຣູ or ຄະຣູ (Lao script)
- គរូ (Khmer script)
- 𑄉𑄢𑄫 (Chakma script)
Adjective
ครู (garū)
- Thai script form of garū, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural masculine/neuter of ครุ (garu, “heavy”)
Noun
ครู (garū)
Thai
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गुरु (gurú, “teacher”). Compare Khmer គ្រូ (kruu), Lao ຄູ (khū). Doublet of บาร์ (baa), though only in the "pressure unit" sense.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ครู g r ū | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | คฺรู g ̥ r ū | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kruu |
| Royal Institute | khru | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kʰruː˧/(R) | |
Noun
ครู • (kruu) (classifier คน or ท่าน)
Synonyms
- อาจารย์ (aa-jaan)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ครู” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.