คณิกา

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali gaṇikā (prostitute, literally she who belongs to groups; she who is familiar with groups) or from Sanskrit गणिका (gaṇikā). Cognate with Burmese ဂဏိကာ (ga.ni.ka); Khmer គណិកា (kɔɔnekaa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicคณิกา
gɳikā
Phonemicคะ-นิ-กา
ganikā
RomanizationPaiboonká-ní-gaa
Royal Institutekha-ni-ka
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˦˥.ni˦˥.kaː˧/

Noun

คณิกา (ká-ní-gaa) (classifier คน or นาง)

  1. (elegant) prostitute

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