นางฟ้า

Thai

Etymology

From นาง (naang, “woman”) +‎ ฟ้า (fáa, “heaven; sky”); literally "heavenly woman", "woman from heaven", "woman in heaven", "woman of heaven", etc.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		นางฟ้า n ā ŋ v ˆ ā
Phonemic		นาง-ฟ้า n ā ŋ – v ˆ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	naang-fáa
	Royal Institute	nang-fa
(standard) IPA^(key)		/naːŋ˧.faː˦˥/

Noun

นางฟ้า • (naang-fáa)

(mythology) celestial woman, as angel, goddess, nymph, etc.
(slang) air hostess.
(slang) woman having qualities generally attributed to a celestial woman, as beauty, kindness, purity, youthfulness, etc.

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