บริบาล
Thai
pron
Definitions
- (elegant) to guard, to protect, to take care, to look after; to administer, to govern; to keep, to maintain.
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali paripāla borrowed from Sanskrit परिपाल borrowed from Old Khmer paripāla (keeping, protect, keep, or defend, or foster, or fostering, etc, guarding, or defending, guard, protecting, maintain, maintaining) com from Thai บริ (surrounding, around, about, etc) + Thai บาล (guard, nourish, protector, keeper).
Origin
Thai
บาล
Gloss
guard, nourish, protector, keeper
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing