เศรษฐี

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit श्रेष्ठी (śreṣṭhī, merchant). Compare Old Khmer sesṭhi (wealthy merchant); Modern Khmer សេដ្ឋី (seetthəy, wealthy man); Lao ເສດຖີ (sēt thī); Pali seṭṭhī (wealthy man).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเศรษฐี
e ɕ r ʂ ʈʰ ī
Phonemic
เสด-ถี
e s ɗ – tʰ ī
RomanizationPaiboonsèet-tǐi
Royal Instituteset-thi
(standard) IPA(key)/seːt̚˨˩.tʰiː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

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เศรษฐี (sèet-tǐi)

  1. wealthy person.
  2. (Hinduism, astronomy, astrology) a name of the fixed star Dhaniṣṭhā, corresponding to Alpha Delphini to Delta Delphini.

Derived terms

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