ศาลพระภูมิ
Thai
Etymology
From ศาล (sǎan, “shrine”) + พระ (prá, “used as a prefix to a noun concerning a god, priest, or royal person”, literally “sacred; holy; divine; etc”) + ภูมิ (puum, “spirit believed to guard a plot of land or place”).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ศาลพระภูมิ ɕ ā l b r a bʰ ū m i | |
| Phonemic | สาน-พฺระ-พูม s ā n – b ̥ r a – b ū m | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | sǎan-prá-puum |
| Royal Institute | san-phra-phum | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /saːn˩˩˦.pʰra˦˥.pʰuːm˧/(R) | |
Noun
ศาลพระภูมิ • (sǎan-prá-puum) (classifier หลัง)
- spirit house. A shrine, often in a reduced size, erected in a plot of land or place and dedicated to a spirit believed to guard the land or place.
- (slang, sarcastic, derogatory) court of law; court of justice.
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