ชายา

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जाया (jāyā, wife). Cognate with Khmer ជាយា (ciəyiə).

Pronunciation

Orthographicชายา
d͡ʑāyā
Phonemicชา-ยา
d͡ʑāyā
RomanizationPaiboonchaa-yaa
Royal Institutecha-ya
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaː˧.jaː˧/

Noun

ชายา (chaa-yaa)

  1. (พระ~, พระราช~, พระวร~) wife of a god or royal person.
  2. (พระ~, พระราช~, พระวร~) royal person's wife that holds the royal title of เจ้าฟ้า (jâao-fáa), พระองค์เจ้า (prá-ong-jâao), or หม่อมเจ้า (mɔ̀ɔm-jâao).
  3. (literary, poetic) wife.
  4. (literary, poetic) beautiful female.

Derived terms

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