Where does “ข้าพระพุทธเจ้า” come from?
ข้าพระพุทธเจ้า (Thai) comes from Thai ข้า, from Thai พระพุทธเจ้า, from Thai พระ, from Pali vāra, from Sanskrit वार, from Sanskrit वर, from Sanskrit वीर, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wīrás — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
ข้าพระพุทธเจ้า (Thai): a first person pronoun, employed by a commoner...
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- a first person pronoun, employed by a commoner...
Ancestry of “ข้าพระพุทธเจ้า”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ข้า | citizen; attendant; retainer; servant; slave |
| 2 | Thai | พระพุทธเจ้า | Buddha; Buddha image; king: male monarch |
| 3 | Thai | พระ | god, deity; priest, royal person; also used as an... |
| 4 | Pali | vāra | excellent |
| 5 | Sanskrit | वार | Alternative form of वाल; keeping back,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | वर | "environing", "enclosing", circumference, space,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | वीर | man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wīrás | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |