โหร

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer hor, hora (astrologer); ultimately from Pali horā (hour) or Sanskrit होरा (horā, hour; horoscope). Cognate with Modern Khmer ហោរ (hao), Burmese ဟူးရား (hu:ra:), and Mon ဟောရာ.

Pronunciation

Orthographicโหร
ohr
Phonemicโหน
ohn
RomanizationPaiboonhǒon
Royal Institutehon
(standard) IPA(key)/hoːn˩˩˦/
Homophonesโหน

Noun

โหร (hǒon) (classifier คน)

  1. astrologer.
  2. (archaic) astronomer.
  3. (often colloquial) prophet, seer, soothsayer; magician, sorcerer.
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