กะลาสี

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Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Malay kelasi (sailor), from Classical Persian خلاصی (xalāsī). Cognate with Hindi ख़लासी (xalāsī), Urdu خلاصی (xalāsī), Burmese ခလာသီ (hka.lasi) and Malayalam ഖലാസി (khalāsi).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicกะลาสี
k a l ā s ī
Phonemic
กะ-ลา-สี
k a – l ā – s ī
RomanizationPaiboongà-laa-sǐi
Royal Instituteka-la-si
(standard) IPA(key)/ka˨˩.laː˧.siː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun[edit]

กะลาสี (gà-laa-sǐi)

  1. sailor, seaman.

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Lao: ກະລາສີ (ka lā sī)