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Etymology

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From Pali pātāla (hell; underworld); ultimately from Sanskrit पाताल (pātāla, idem). Cognate with Modern Khmer បាតាល (baataal).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicบาดาล
ɓ ā ɗ ā l
Phonemic
บา-ดาน
ɓ ā – ɗ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonbaa-daan
Royal Instituteba-dan
(standard) IPA(key)/baː˧.daːn˧/(R)

Proper noun

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บาดาล (baa-daan)

  1. (Buddhist and Hindu cosmology) Pātāla, the subterranean realm where the nāgas live.

Noun

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บาดาล (baa-daan)

  1. (mythology) the world underseas, as merworld.
  2. (biblical) sea; ocean.
  3. (biblical) hell; underworld.
  4. (geology) underground: regions beneath the earth surface.

Derived terms

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Note 1