Where does “ข้าราชการ” come from?
ข้าราชการ (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.
ข้าราชการ (Thai): government officer; public officer; public...
Definitions
- government officer; public officer; public...
Ancestry of “ข้าราชการ”, step by step
ข้าราชการ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ข้า
| 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 |
via Thai ราชการ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ราชการ | government affair; government service |
| 2 | Thai | ราช | king: male monarch or sovereign; chief, lord,... |
| 3 | Old Khmer | រាជ | king, chief, prince, royalty, reign |
| 4 | Sanskrit | राज | king; chief; sovereign |
| 5 | Sanskrit | राजन् | a king, sovereign, prince, chief; a man of the... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrā́ȷ́ā | king |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrā́ȷ́ā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |