ประเสริฐ

Thai

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit प्रश्रेष्ठ (praśreṣṭha, literally very excellent); perhaps via Old Khmer praseṭṭha, prasœra, prasergga (excellent; magnificent; superb). Compare Modern Khmer ប្រសើរ (prɑsaə), Pali paseṭṭha.

Pronunciation

Orthographicประเสริฐ
praesriʈʰ
Phonemic
ปฺระ-เสิด
p̥raesiɗ
RomanizationPaiboonbprà-sə̀ət
Royal Institutepra-soet
(standard) IPA(key)/pra˨˩.sɤːt̚˨˩/(R)

Adjective

ประเสริฐ • (bprà-sə̀ət) (abstract noun ความประเสริฐ)

  1. (elegant) best, excellent, magnificent, superb; precious; valuable.

Proper noun

ประเสริฐ • (bprà-sə̀ət)

  1. a male given name from Sanskrit
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.