บุรุษ

Thai

Alternative forms

  • บุรุด, บุรุสobsolete
  • ปุรุษ

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुरुष (púruṣa, man). Cognate with Pali purisa, Khmer បុរស (borɑh), Lao ບຸຣຸດ (bu rut), ບຸລຸດ (bu lut).

Pronunciation

Orthographicบุรุษ
ɓ u r u ʂ
Phonemic
บุ-หฺรุด
ɓ u – h ̥ r u ɗ
[bound form]
บุ-หฺรุด-สะ-
ɓ u – h ̥ r u ɗ – s a –
RomanizationPaiboonbù-rùtbù-rùt-sà-
Royal Institutebu-rutbu-rut-sa-
(standard) IPA(key)/bu˨˩.rut̚˨˩/(R)/bu˨˩.rut̚˨˩.sa˨˩./

Noun

บุรุษ • (bù-rùt)

  1. (elegant, gender-neutral) man (person)
  2. (elegant) man (male person)
  3. (grammar) grammatical person

Derived terms

Further reading

  • บุรุษ” 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.