นาง

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Khmer nāṅa, nāṅ°, nâ, nõ (“courtesy title for females”). Compare Modern Khmer នាង (niəng); Old Chinese 娘 (OC *naŋ, “young woman”); Lü ᦓᦱᧂ (naang); Tai Nüa ᥢᥣᥒᥰ (naang²); Vietnamese nàng.

Pronunciation

Noun

นาง • (naang)

1. (archaic) chief; lord; master.
2. title:
   1. (archaic) a formal title given to a woman in authority, as a goddess, queen, princess, mistress, etc.
   2. a formal title given to a female animal.
   3. a title given to any female.
      • Genesis 16:4, KJV:

        ท่านเข้าไปหานางฮาการ์

        tân kâo bpai hǎa naang haa-gaa

        And he went in unto Hagar,

      • Genesis 30:22, KJV:

        พระเจ้าทรงระลึกถึงนางราเชล

        prá-jâao song rá-lʉ́k tʉ̌ng naang raa-cheel

        And God remembered Rachel,

   4. (law) a formal title which a married woman may use instead of เด็กหญิง (dèk-yǐng) or นางสาว (naang-sǎao).
3. used to replace อี (ii) for politeness, such as นางแอ่น (naang-ɛ̀n) for อีแอ่น (ii-ɛ̀n), นางรม (naang-rom) for อีรม (ii-rom), etc.
4. (chiefly in compounds) woman.

Pronoun

นาง • (naang)

1. (formal and archaic, now derogatory) a second or third person pronoun used to refer to a female.
2. (colloquial or humorous) a second or third person pronoun used to refer to anyone.

Classifier

นาง • (naang)

1. (somewhat archaic) Classifier for females..