พระคุณเจ้า

prá kun jâo

Meanings

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Venerable; Reverend (Buddhist monk)

a respectful title or form of address for a Buddhist monk, especially a senior or revered monk; often used with vocative particle 'ครับครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle/ค่ะค่ะkâ1polite particle (female, statement)2polite particle (female, short response)'

Examples

กราบgràapกราบgràap1[to] prostrate; bow deeply2[to] pay deep respect; humbly apologize (formal/figurative)นมัสการnà-mát-sà-gaanนมัสการnà-mát-sà-gaan1[to] pay homage; venerate (Buddhist)2homage; veneration; formal salutation3formal salutation to Buddhist clergyพระคุณเจ้าprá kun jâoพระคุณเจ้าprá kun jâoVenerable; Reverend (Buddhist monk)ค่ะkâค่ะkâ1polite particle (female, statement)2polite particle (female, short response)หนูnŏoหนูnŏo1mouse; rat2you (addressing a child/younger person)3I; me (polite, childlike/feminine in Thai)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerขอคำแนะนำkŏr kam náe-namขอคำแนะนำkŏr kam náe-nam[to] ask for adviceเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesการทำสมาธิgaan tam sà-maa-tíการทำสมาธิgaan tam sà-maa-tímeditation (practice)
Homage to you, Venerable Sir. I’ve come to ask for advice about meditation.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

พระคุณprá-kunพระคุณprá-kun1favor; kindness; grace (hon.)2Your Reverence; Your Grace (hon.)Part 1
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เจ้าjâoเจ้าjâo1lord; master; owner2ruler; prince (royal title)3deity; spirit (title/noun)4prefix: owner/proprietor; honorific title5classifier: owners/deities (set expressions)6you (familiar/regional; archaic/literary)Part 2
พระคุณเจ้าprá kun jâoพระคุณเจ้าprá kun jâoVenerable; Reverend (Buddhist monk)