Where does “นรก” come from?
นรก (Thai) comes from Pali naraka, from Sanskrit नरक, from Proto-Indo-European *nér.
นรก (Thai): "naraka": realm in which beings are born and...
Definitions
- "naraka": realm in which beings are born and...
Ancestry of “นรก”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | naraka | purgatory, hell |
| 2 | Sanskrit | नरक | hell |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | — |