อำแดง

Thai

Etymology

From Angkorian Old Khmer ʼaṃteṅ (“a title of respect for a member of royalty or nobility”). Compare Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ʼanteṅ.

Pronunciation

Orthographicอำแดง
ɒ å æ ɗ ŋ
Phonemicอำ-แดง
ɒ å – æ ɗ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonam-dɛɛng
Royal Instituteam-daeng
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔam˧.dɛːŋ˧/

Noun

อำแดง • (am-dɛɛng)

  1. (archaic) a title of respect for a female commoner, conventionally prefixed to her name.

Usage notes

  • In 2404 BE (1861/62 CE), King Mongkut of Siam (now Thailand) decreed that the title only be applied to wives of public officers entitled to 400 fiefs or lower and wives of male commoners.

References

  • Royal Society of Thailand. (2015). Kotmāi trā sām dūang: phrathammasāt læ lak ‘inthaphāt กฎหมายตราสามดวง: พระธรรมสาตรและหลักอินทภาษ [Code of the Three Seals: The Science of Law and the Words of Indra] (in Thai). Bangkok: Royal Society of Thailand. →ISBN. p. 48.
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