ประมุข

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रमुख (pramukha, chief, leader; foremost, frontmost, capital, literally one who faces forwards; facing forwards); from प्र (pra, before; forwards; forth; very, excessive, much; etc) + मुख (mukha, front, face; mouth); equivalent to Thai ประ (bprà) + มุข (múk). Cognate with Khmer ប្រមុខ (prɑmuk), Lao ປະມຸກ (pa muk), Northern Thai ᨷᩕᨾᩩᨡ. Compare Pali pamukha.

Pronunciation

Orthographicประมุข
pramu
Phonemic
ปฺระ-มุก
p̥ramuk
RomanizationPaiboonbprà-múk
Royal Institutepra-muk
(standard) IPA(key)/pra˨˩.muk̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

ประมุข • (bprà-múk) (classifier คน or ท่าน or องค์ or พระองค์)

  1. (elegant) chief; head; leader.
  2. (law) Clipping of ประมุขแห่งรัฐ (bprà-múk-hɛ̀ng-rát, head of state).
  3. (Roman Catholicism and archaic) bishop.

Synonyms

bishop

Derived terms

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