ข้าพเจ้า

Thai

Etymology

From contraction of ข้าพระเจ้า (kâa-prá-jâao, literally divine lord's servant).

Pronunciation

Orthographicข้าพเจ้า
ˆābet͡ɕˆā
Phonemicข้า-พะ-จ้าว
ˆābat͡ɕˆāw
RomanizationPaiboonkâa-pá-jâao
Royal Institutekha-pha-chao
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaː˥˩.pʰa˦˥.t͡ɕaːw˥˩/

Pronoun

ข้าพเจ้า (kâa-pá-jâao)

  1. (very formal) a first-person pronoun, usually used when addressing a person of equal or higher status.
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