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Can someone tell me why in monkey's name is พรหม pronounced prhom, with only one syllable?

(should I just add it to the list of the other 100+ words that 'violate' the pronunciation rules?)

My best theory is พรห is a three-consonant consonant cluster . . . if such a thing even exists . . .

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Because ห or H is just there only to show the Indic origin of the word ("BraHma"). But Thais just chose to pronounce just 1 syllable.

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Actually, it's pronounced phrom - /ph/ comes from พ, nothing to do with the ห. There's no karan on the ห because it has no vowel, implicit or otherwise, to be silenced - European loans are not subject to this rule. This rule mostly applies to ร, as in เกียรติ and สามารถ.

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Actually, it's pronounced phrom - /ph/ comes from พ, nothing to do with the ห. There's no karan on the ห because it has no vowel, implicit or otherwise, to be silenced - European loans are not subject to this rule. This rule mostly applies to ร, as in เกียรติ and สามารถ.

ooh thank you! I always wondered.

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