ယိုးဒယား

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Burmese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Thai อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa, Ayutthaya).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Phonetic respelling: ယိုးဒ'ယား
  • IPA(key): /jódəjá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: yui:da.ya: • ALA-LC: yuiʺdayāʺ • BGN/PCGN: yo:dăya: • Okell: yoùdăyà

Proper noun[edit]

ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:)

  1. Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)
  2. Thai
  3. (~မြို့) Ayutthaya (the historical capital of Thailand)
  4. (historical) Ayutthaya Kingdom
  5. (music) Yodaya, a genre of Burmese classical music; see မဟာဂီတ (ma.hagita.)

Usage notes[edit]

The transcription of ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:), which is a commonly used neutral Burmese exonym for Thai, is an indigenized form of အယုဓျာ (a.yu.dhya), the transliterated form.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Thai: โยดะยา (yoo-dà-yaa)