Where does “ศาสตราจารย์” come from?
ศาสตราจารย์ (Thai) comes from Thai อาจารย์, from Sanskrit आचार्य, from Sanskrit आचार, from Sanskrit चार, from Sanskrit चर, from Sanskrit -अ, from Sanskrit भाग्य, from Sanskrit भाग — Paleo-Balkan oak.
ศาสตราจารย์ (Thai): professor. "Abbreviation": ศ
Definitions
- professor. "Abbreviation": ศ
Ancestry of “ศาสตราจารย์”, step by step
ศาสตราจารย์ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai อาจารย์
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | อาจารย์ | teacher: one who teaches, especially as a... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | आचार्य | ‘knowing or teaching the आचार or rules’, a... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | आचार | conduct, manner of action, behaviour, good... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | चार | movement |
| 5 | Sanskrit | चर | secret emissary, spy, agent; wandering, walking,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | -अ | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | भाग्य | luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | भाग | part, portion, share, allotment; compartment,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | Paleo-Balkan oak |