farangnahrak Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 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 . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patri Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nalaknarak Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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