Where does “เพชรตัดเพชร” come from?
เพชรตัดเพชร (Thai) comes from Thai เพชร, from Old Khmer bejra, from Sanskrit वज्र, from Sanskrit यान, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit महा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan maźʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maȷ́ʰā́ — big, great.
เพชรตัดเพชร (Thai): equal match in wit; fight or competition between...
Definitions
- equal match in wit; fight or competition between...
Ancestry of “เพชรตัดเพชร”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Thai | เพชร | diamond; lightning bolt; thunderbolt; "vajra", a... |
| 2 | Old Khmer | bejra | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वज्र | "the hard or mighty one", a thunderbolt; a... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | maźʰā́ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maȷ́ʰā́ | big, great |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |