กุมาร
Thai
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Definitions
- (elegant) boy: male child.
- (of a royal person) () son, especially one who is still a boy.
- (slang) child ghost servant, created by surgically removing an unborn baby from the womb of its mother, roasting the baby until its body dries during a rite held at a graveyard, and covering the dry-roasted corpse with gold leaf. The corpse is carried by someone who believes that the ghost dwelling in it may be employed.
- (slang) any child ghost or spirit.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कुमार (young man, prince, youth, child, son, heir apparent, groom, one who easily dies, etc, boy) borrowed from Old Khmer kumār borrowed from kumāra (youth, heir apparent, prince, crown prince, boy, and toponym, son, slave name).
Origin
kumāra
Gloss
youth, heir apparent, prince, crown prince, boy, and toponym, son, slave name
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing