โหร
Thai
Alternative forms
- โหรา (hǒo-raa)
Etymology
From Old Khmer ហោរ៑ (hor), ហោរ (hora, “astrologer”); ultimately from Pali horā (“hour”) or Sanskrit होरा (horā, “hour; horoscope”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ហោរ (hao), Burmese ဟူးရား (hu:ra:), Mon ဟောရာ, Lao ໂຫນ (nō), ໂຫຣະ (ro), ໂຫລາ, ຫູຮາ (hū hā).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | โหร o h r | |
| Phonemic | โหน o h n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | hǒon |
| Royal Institute | hon | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /hoːn˩˩˦/(R) | |
| Homophones | โหน | |
Noun
โหร • (hǒon) (classifier คน)
- astrologer.
- (archaic) astronomer.
- (often colloquial) prophet, seer, soothsayer; magician, sorcerer.
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