พระที่นั่ง

Thai

Etymology

พระ (prá, headword for nouns relating to gods and royal persons, literally distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc) + ที่นั่ง (seat).

Pronunciation

Orthographicพระที่นั่ง
bradīˋnˋŋ
Phonemicพฺระ-ที่-นั่ง
b̥radīˋnˋŋ
RomanizationPaiboonprá-tîi-nâng
Royal Institutephra-thi-nang
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰra˦˥.tʰiː˥˩.naŋ˥˩/

Noun

พระที่นั่ง (prá-tîi-nâng)

  1. (of a god or high-ranking royal person)
    1. building; hall.
    2. seat; chair.
    3. portable or movable vehicle, as sedan chair, palanquin, litter, chariot, etc.
    4. (now rare) buttock; ass.
  2. used to suffix a noun concerning a vehicle to indicate that the vehicle is used by or belongs to a god or high-ranking royal person.

Derived terms

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