အယုဓျာ

See also: ယိုးဒယား

Burmese

Etymology

Transliteration of Thai อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa), via Pali ayudhya, ultimately from Sanskrit अयुध्य (ayudhya, “impregnable”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ယုတ်ဓ'ယာ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəjoʊʔdəjà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.yu.dhya • ALA-LC: ʼayudhyā • BGN/PCGN: ăyokdăya • Okell: ăyouʔdăya

Proper noun

အယုဓျာ • (a.yu.dhya)

1. (~မြို့) Ayutthaya (the historical capital of Thailand)
2. (historical) Ayutthaya Kingdom

Usage notes

The transliteration of အယုဓျာ (a.yu.dhya) has been indigenized into ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:), which is the transcribed form and remains a neutral and commonly used Burmese exonym for Thai.

Synonyms

• ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:)