ชายา
Thai
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Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit जाया (jāyā, “wife”). Cognate with Khmer ជាយា (ciəyiə).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ชายา d͡ʑ ā y ā | |
| Phonemic | ชา-ยา d͡ʑ ā – y ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | chaa-yaa |
| Royal Institute | cha-ya | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /t͡ɕʰaː˧.jaː˧/ | |
Noun
ชายา • (chaa-yaa)
- (พระ~, พระราช~, พระวร~) wife of a god or royal person.
- (พระ~, พระราช~, พระวร~) royal person's wife that holds the royal title of เจ้าฟ้า (jâao-fáa), พระองค์เจ้า (prá-ong-jâao), or หม่อมเจ้า (mɔ̀ɔm-jâao).
- (literary, poetic) wife.
- (literary, poetic) beautiful female.
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