Ajahn
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Ajahn is a Thai Buddhist honorific title commonly used for respected monks and teachers, roughly meaning "teacher" or "master."
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist honorific
ⓘ
Thai honorific title ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Buddhist monks
ⓘ
Buddhist teachers ⓘ |
| buddhistTradition | Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Thai culture ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Pali word acariya ⓘ |
| genderUsage | primarily male monastics ⓘ |
| honorificFor |
respected monks
ⓘ
senior monastics ⓘ spiritual teachers ⓘ |
| language | Thai ⓘ |
| meaning |
master
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| religionContext | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Thai script ⓘ |
| titleType |
monastic title
ⓘ
religious title ⓘ |
| transliterationOf | อาจารย์ (Thai word for teacher) ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Thai Theravada Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sulak Sivaraksa