พรหมลิขิต

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Thai

Alternative forms

  • พรหมเรขา (prom-má-ree-kǎa)

Etymology

From พรหม (prom, Brahma, one of the Hindu supreme gods) + ลิขิต (lí-kìt, document; letter; writing); literally "Brahma's writing"; referring to a mark traditionally believed to be written on a newborn baby's forehead by the god Brahma, specifying the future of the baby. Cognate with Khmer ព្រហ្មលិខិត (prɔɔhmɔɔlikhət) and analogous to Burmese နဖူးစာ (na.hpu:ca).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicพรหมลิขิต
brhmliit
Phonemic
พฺรม-ลิ-ขิด
b̥rmliiɗ
RomanizationPaiboonprom-lí-kìt
Royal Institutephrom-li-khit
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰrom˧.li˦˥.kʰit̚˨˩/(R)
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Noun

พรหมลิขิต (prom-lí-kìt)

  1. destiny; fate.
    เชื่อเรื่องพรหมลิขิตไหม
    chʉ̂ʉa rʉ̂ʉang prom-lí-kìt mǎi
    Do you believe in destiny?

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