เพราะ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicเพราะ
e b r ā a
Phonemic
เพฺราะ
e b ̥ r ā a
RomanizationPaiboonprɔ́
Royal Institutephro
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰrɔʔ˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1

Corruption of พิเราะ, from Middle Khmer biroḥ. Related to ไพเราะ (pai-rɔ́). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Any modern Khmer cognate?”)

Adjective

เพราะ • (prɔ́) (abstract noun ความเพราะ)

  1. melodious; pleasing to the ear
Derived terms
  • เพราะพริ้ง
  • เสียงเพราะ

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Khmer bro (because; since). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Any modern Khmer cognate?”)

Conjunction

เพราะ • (prɔ́)

  1. because
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Further reading

  • เพราะ” 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.