อุปมา

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • upamā (Latin script)
  • 𑀉𑀧𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • उपमा (Devanagari script)
  • উপমা (Bengali script)
  • උපමා (Sinhalese script)
  • ဥပမာ or ဢုပမႃ (Burmese script)
  • อุปะมา (Thai script)
  • ᩏᨷᨾᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອຸປມາ or ອຸປະມາ (Lao script)
  • ឧបមា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄪𑄛𑄟𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

อุปมา f

  1. Thai script form of upamā

Thai

Alternative forms
  • (obsolete) อุประมา

Etymology

From Pali upamā (“likeness; simile; parable; example”). Cognate with Khmer ឧបមា (ʼŏbâméa), Lao ອຸປະມາ (ʼu pa mā), Burmese ဥပမာ (u.pa.ma).

Pronunciation
Orthographicอุปมา
ɒ u p m ā
Phonemic
อุบ-ปะ-มา
ɒ u ɓ – p a – m ā
RomanizationPaiboonùp-bpà-maa
Royal Instituteup-pa-ma
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔup̚˨˩.pa˨˩.maː˧/(R)

Noun

อุปมา • (ùp-bpà-maa)

  1. something to which an action, condition, etc, is compared, such as "dream" in "beautiful like a dream".
  2. (literature) analogy; simile.

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Verb

อุปมา • (ùp-bpà-maa) (abstract noun การอุปมา)

  1. (elegant, literary, poetic) to compare (something to something).
  2. (elegant, literary, poetic) to be compared (to something); to be like; to resemble; to be equivalent (to); to be on a par (with).
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