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จักรวาล
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Thai
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Etymology
From Sanskrit चक्रवाल (cakravāla, “mass, assemblage, multitude; circle; etc”), from चक्र (cakra, “wheel; ring; circle”) + वाल (vāla, “circle”); perhaps via Old Khmer °ចក្ក្រាវាឡ (°cakkrāvāła, “(1) mythical mountain range encircling the earth; (2) world, universe; (3) sphere; etc”); equivalent to Thai จักร (jàk) + วาล (waal). Cognate with Burmese စကြဝဠာ (ca.kra.wa.la); Modern Khmer ចក្រវាល (cak viəl), ចក្កវាឡ (cɑɑkkɑɑviəl), Lao ຈັກກະວານ (chak ka wān).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
จักรวาล • (jàk-grà-waan)
- (Buddhist and Hindu cosmology) Cakravāla Range: the range of mountains encircling the earth and separating light from darkness.
Noun
จักรวาล • (jàk-grà-waan)
- (Buddhist and Hindu cosmology) the area encircled by the said mountain range: the world, the whole world, the earth, etc.
- universe: cosmos.
- (elegant) circle; sphere; precinct; region.
- (elegant) mass; multitude; assemblage.
- (neologism, influenced by English) universe: self-consistent setting for stories, events, etc (as in fiction, films, etc).
Synonyms
- (cosmos): เอกภพ (èek-gà-póp)
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