ฝ่ายหน้า

Thai

Etymology

From ฝ่าย (fàai, “side”) +‎ หน้า (nâa, “front”); literally "front side".

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ฝ่ายหน้า f ˋ ā y h n ˆ ā
Phonemic		ฝ่าย-น่า f ˋ ā y – n ˋ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	fàai-nâa
	Royal Institute	fai-na
(standard) IPA^(key)		/faːj˨˩.naː˥˩/

Noun

ฝ่ายหน้า • (fàai-nâa)

(historical) outer court of a palace, as opposed to ฝ่ายใน (“royal harem”, literally “inner side”).
(historical) male member of a royal court; male attendant of a monarch; male government officer entitled to have a regular audience with the monarch.

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