ครู

See also: ครู่, คิริ, คิรี, and คุรุ

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• garū (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀭𑀽 (Brahmi script)
• गरू (Devanagari script)
• গরূ (Bengali script)
• ගරූ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂရူ or ၷရူ (Burmese script)
• คะรู (Thai script)
• ᨣᩁᩪ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຣູ or ຄະຣູ (Lao script)
• គរូ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄢𑄫 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ครู (garū)

1. Thai script form of garū, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural masculine/neuter of ครุ (garu, “heavy”)

Noun

ครู (garū)

1. Thai script form of garū, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural of ครุ (garu, “teacher”)

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit गुरु (guru, “teacher”). Compare Khmer គ្រូ (kruu), Lao ຄູ (khū).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ครู g r ū
Phonemic		คฺรู g ̥ r ū
Romanization	Paiboon	kruu
	Royal Institute	khru
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰruː˧/(R)

Noun

ครู • (kruu) (classifier คน or ท่าน)

1. teacher; schoolteacher; instructor.

   ครูคนนี้ให้การบ้านเยอะจัง

   kruu kon níi hâi gaan-bâan yə́ jang

   This teacher gives a lot of homework.

Synonyms

• อาจารย์ (aa-jaan)