เชลย

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Old Khmer ជ្លេយ៑ (jley, one who is carried off: transportee, deportee; captive; etc), which was probably derived from Western Cham [script needed] (jalơy); or from Old Mon jlūy (one carried off during military operations). Cognate with Modern Khmer ឈ្លើយ (chləəy, captive), Lao ຊະເລີຍ (sa lœ̄i, captive).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเชลย
e d͡ʑ l y
Phonemic
ชะ-เลย
d͡ʑ a – e l y
RomanizationPaiboonchá-ləəi
Royal Institutecha-loei
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰa˦˥.lɤːj˧/(R)

Noun

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เชลย (chá-ləəi) (classifier คน)

  1. (archaic) person removed from his land to another after a war: transportee, deportee, etc.
  2. person captured or held, especially by the opponent or enemy: captive, hostage, etc.

Derived terms

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