ชีวิต

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ชีวิต n

  1. Thai script form of jīvita

Declension

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ชีพิต

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali jīvita (life) or Sanskrit जीवित (jīvita, idem). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩᩦᩅᩥ᩠ᨲ, Lao ຊີວິດ (sī wit), ᦋᦲᦞᦲᧆ (tsiiviid), Khmer ជីវិត (ciivɨt).

Pronunciation

Orthographicชีวิต
d͡ʑ ī w i t
Phonemic
ชี-วิด
d͡ʑ ī – w i ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonchii-wít
Royal Institutechi-wit
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰiː˧.wit̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

ชีวิต • (chii-wít)

  1. life

Derived terms

Classifier

ชีวิต • (chii-wít)

  1. Classifier for living beings.