อาจารย์

Thai

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Definitions
  • teacher: one who teaches, especially as a profession.
  • (education)
  • (colloquial) teacher in a higher education institution, irrespective of the rank.
  • (colloquial) expert; specialist.
  • religious teacher; spiritual preceptor.
  • (slang) master of the occult or black magic, as sorcerer, shaman, exorcist, etc.
  • used as a term of address to or title for such person, and used by such person to refer to oneself.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार्य (teacher, master, one who is learned in conduct, preceptor) borrowed from Old Khmer ʼācāryya.

Origin

Old Khmer

ʼācāryya

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