กะลาสี

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Thai

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Etymology

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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

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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

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กะลาสี (gà-laa-sǐi)

  1. sailor, seaman.

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Lao: ກະລາສີ (ka lā sī)