สังฆ
săng-ká
Meanings
1NounC1
Sangha-; [prefix] of/relating to the Buddhist monastic community
A combining form used in compounds to mean 'of or relating to the Buddhist monastic community (the Sangha)', as in สังฆราช.
Examples
สมเด็จพระสังฆราชsŏm-dèt prá săng-ká-râatสมเด็จพระสังฆราชsŏm-dèt prá săng-ká-râat1the Supreme Patriarch (title)2Supreme Patriarch of Thailandทรงsongทรงsong1shape; form2style; look (e.g., hairstyle)3[royal] to have; possess4[royal] to be; to do5[royal] honorific prefix; royal auxiliaryเป็นประมุขbpen bprà-múkเป็นประมุขbpen bprà-múk[to] be head of state; [to] serve as the sovereignแห่งhàengแห่งhàeng1of; belonging to (formal)2place; location (formal)3classifier: places/institutionsคณะสงฆ์ไทยká-ná sŏng taiคณะสงฆ์ไทยká-ná sŏng taiThai Sangha; Thai monastic community
The Supreme Patriarch (Sangharaja) is the head of the Thai Buddhist monastic community.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
คณะสงฆ์ká-ná sŏngคณะสงฆ์ká-ná sŏng1the Sangha; Buddhist monastic community2the Sangha (official ecclesiastical body, esp. in Thailand)
- the Sangha; Buddhist monastic community
- the Sangha (official ecclesiastical body, esp. in Thailand)
สงฆ์sŏngสงฆ์sŏng1the Sangha; Buddhist monastic community2the monastic order (collective)
- the Sangha; Buddhist monastic community
- the monastic order (collective)
พระสงฆ์prá sŏngพระสงฆ์prá sŏng1the monastic order; Buddhist clergy2a monk (formal/literary)
- the monastic order; Buddhist clergy
- a monk (formal/literary)