Where does “ราชาคณะ” come from?
ราชาคณะ (Thai) comes from Thai คณะ, from Pali gaṇa, from Sanskrit गण, from Sanskrit गण्, from Sanskrit गृणाति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥náHti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷr̥-né-H-ti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷerH- — to express approval; praise; to elevate.
ราชาคณะ (Thai): ecclesiastical rank above พระครูสัญญาบัตร and below สังฆราช, divided into six subranks, namely, สมเด็จพระราชาคณะ, เจ้าคณะรอง, ธรรม, เทพ, ราช, and สามัญ
Definitions
- ecclesiastical rank above พระครูสัญญาบัตร and below สังฆราช, divided into six subranks, namely, สมเด็จพระราชาคณะ, เจ้าคณะรอง, ธรรม, เทพ, ราช, and สามัญ
Ancestry of “ราชาคณะ”, step by step
ราชาคณะ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai คณะ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | คณะ | group or body; faculty or equivalent body in a... |
| 2 | Pali | gaṇa | gang, crowd |
| 3 | Sanskrit | गण | a flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | गण् | count, calculate |
| 5 | Sanskrit | गृणाति | to call, call out to, invoke; to announce,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gr̥náHti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷr̥-né-H-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷerH- | to express approval; praise; to elevate |
via Thai ราชา
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ราชา | king; male monarch; male sovereign; chief; lord;... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | राज | king; chief; sovereign |
| 3 | Sanskrit | राजन् | a king, sovereign, prince, chief; a man of the... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrā́ȷ́ā | king |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrā́ȷ́ā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |